System Testing Contracts in the UK excluding London

System Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 308 316
Rank change year-on-year +91 +8 +71
Contract jobs citing System Testing 119 91 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.93% 0.44% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.52% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 75 116
10th Percentile £404 £364 £400
25th Percentile £506 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -4.08% +15.83%
75th Percentile £625 £578 £587
90th Percentile £695 £725 £625
UK median daily rate £571 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +14.20% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £41.22 - -
25th Percentile £54.06 £20.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £21.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +161.90% -66.40% +38.46%
75th Percentile - £42.00 £63.75
90th Percentile - £54.30 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £21.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +161.90% -66.40% +39.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

System Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +66 42 £575 +4.55% 17
South East +53 23 £600 +1.65% 48
Midlands +21 16 £506 +9.46% 33
North of England +12 14 £513 +2.65% 28
North West +17 13 £514 +2.80% 23
East of England +36 12 - - 24
East Midlands +16 12 £516 +42.41% 10
Scotland +17 11 £500 +5.26% 11
West Midlands +7 4 £400 -20.00% 22
Yorkshire +1 1 £425 -19.05% 3
Wales - 1 £525 - 5
System Testing
UK

System Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (21.85%) Confluence
2 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.52%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.84%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 22 (18.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) SAP HR
2 4 (3.36%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (2.52%) Finacle
3 3 (2.52%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (1.68%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.68%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.84%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.84%) Primavera
5 1 (0.84%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.24%) Azure
2 8 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (5.04%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (3.36%) Mimecast
5 3 (2.52%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (2.52%) OCI
5 3 (2.52%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.72%) Skype
2 7 (5.88%) Unified Communications
3 6 (5.04%) BGP
3 6 (5.04%) OSPF
4 5 (4.20%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (4.20%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (4.20%) DMVPN
4 5 (4.20%) Firewall
4 5 (4.20%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.52%) DHCP
5 3 (2.52%) DNS
5 3 (2.52%) SpaceWire
6 2 (1.68%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.68%) SAN
6 2 (1.68%) VSAN
7 1 (0.84%) Intranet
7 1 (0.84%) VLAN
7 1 (0.84%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.52%) GIS
1 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
1 3 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (26.89%) JIRA
2 21 (17.65%) Git
3 14 (11.76%) Bitbucket
4 9 (7.56%) Jenkins
5 5 (4.20%) Selenium
6 4 (3.36%) JMeter
6 4 (3.36%) LoadRunner
7 3 (2.52%) Postman
7 3 (2.52%) SpecFlow
8 2 (1.68%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.68%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (1.68%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 40 (33.61%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 14 (11.76%) Finance
5 5 (4.20%) Local Government
5 5 (4.20%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.36%) Banking
6 4 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.52%) Back Office
7 3 (2.52%) Private Banking
8 2 (1.68%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.68%) Electronics
8 2 (1.68%) Front Office
8 2 (1.68%) Marketing
8 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.84%) Aviation
9 1 (0.84%) Avionics
9 1 (0.84%) Military
9 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (12.61%) Consultant
2 14 (11.76%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 11 (9.24%) Tester
4 10 (8.40%) Analyst
4 10 (8.40%) Developer
5 8 (6.72%) Senior
6 7 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Electrical Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) HR Consultant
7 6 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) SAP Consultant
8 5 (4.20%) Implementation Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.36%) SAP HR Consultant
9 4 (3.36%) Software Tester
9 4 (3.36%) Technical Manager
9 4 (3.36%) Technical Support
9 4 (3.36%) Technical Support Manager
9 4 (3.36%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.76%) Flash
2 13 (10.92%) SOAP
3 10 (8.40%) REST
4 8 (6.72%) .NET
5 7 (5.88%) CSS
5 7 (5.88%) HTML
6 5 (4.20%) Spine.js
7 3 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (2.52%) Visualforce
8 2 (1.68%) Gherkin
8 2 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.68%) Playwright
8 2 (1.68%) PySpark
9 1 (0.84%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.76%) Clustering
2 9 (7.56%) PKI
3 4 (3.36%) Cyberattack
3 4 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.52%) Derivative
4 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.52%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.52%) Replication
4 3 (2.52%) SCADA
5 2 (1.68%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.84%) EPoS
6 1 (0.84%) PMI
6 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.17%) Windows
2 19 (15.97%) Windows Server
3 15 (12.61%) Linux
4 8 (6.72%) Windows 10
5 7 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.52%) Unix
6 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.34%) Agile
2 43 (36.13%) Validation
3 38 (31.93%) Service Management
4 33 (27.73%) NsoIT
5 30 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (20.17%) User Acceptance Testing
7 21 (17.65%) Critical Thinking
8 20 (16.81%) DevOps
8 20 (16.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 19 (15.97%) Computer Science
10 18 (15.13%) Waterfall
11 16 (13.45%) Integration Testing
11 16 (13.45%) Test Automation
12 15 (12.61%) Network Virtualisation
13 14 (11.76%) High Availability
13 14 (11.76%) Power Management
14 11 (9.24%) SDLC
14 11 (9.24%) Software Testing
14 11 (9.24%) Test Scripting
14 11 (9.24%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (24.37%) SQL
2 24 (20.17%) Python
3 17 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 13 (10.92%) Bash
5 8 (6.72%) Java
5 8 (6.72%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.88%) C#
7 4 (3.36%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.52%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.52%) C
8 3 (2.52%) Perl
8 3 (2.52%) Tcl
9 2 (1.68%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.84%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 48 (40.34%) Security Cleared
2 47 (39.50%) SC Cleared
3 34 (28.57%) Degree
4 29 (24.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 27 (22.69%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (14.29%) CCNP
7 14 (11.76%) Master's Degree
8 12 (10.08%) CCNA
9 9 (7.56%) OCA
9 9 (7.56%) Oracle Certification
9 9 (7.56%) RHCA
9 9 (7.56%) RHCE
10 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (5.04%) MCSE
12 5 (4.20%) ISTQB
13 4 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.52%) MCSA
14 3 (2.52%) SAP Certification
15 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.84%) GDPR
3 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (24.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
2 14 (11.76%) VMware NSX
3 7 (5.88%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (23.53%) vCenter Server
2 10 (8.40%) Ansible
2 10 (8.40%) Progress Chef
2 10 (8.40%) Puppet
3 7 (5.88%) WSUS
4 2 (1.68%) SCOM
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.84%) OPNET
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) Cisco
2 29 (24.37%) VMware
3 24 (20.17%) Atlassian
4 20 (16.81%) Microsoft
5 19 (15.97%) Oracle
6 14 (11.76%) SAP
7 7 (5.88%) OpenAI
8 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.36%) Proofpoint
9 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.52%) Avaloq
10 3 (2.52%) Temenos
10 3 (2.52%) Veeam
11 2 (1.68%) Databricks
11 2 (1.68%) EMC
11 2 (1.68%) Workday
12 1 (0.84%) Snow
12 1 (0.84%) Twitter