TestComplete Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring TestComplete skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 - 417
Rank change year-on-year - - +81
Contract jobs citing TestComplete 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.010%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.039% - 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile £438 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £368
% change year-on-year -10.53% +29.25% -20.54%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

TestComplete falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,542 2,113 2,604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.27% 12.60% 12.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 1,254 1,780
10th Percentile £313 £338 £356
25th Percentile £400 £400 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £633 £651 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £545
% change year-on-year -3.85% -4.59% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 133 198
10th Percentile £16.84 £41.50 £46.18
25th Percentile £50.00 £54.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £69.69 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.35 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TestComplete relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

TestComplete job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TestComplete.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TestComplete

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TestComplete.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing TestComplete

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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 TestComplete within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Scotland - 1 £425 - 1
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification