TestRail Contracts in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring TestRail skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TestRail over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 341 409
Rank change year-on-year -16 +68 +74
Contract jobs citing TestRail 16 30 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.16% 0.081%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.75% 1.39% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 13
10th Percentile £268 £350 £513
25th Percentile £475 £438 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £620
90th Percentile - £603 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

TestRail 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 2,144 2,162 2,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.02% 11.68% 12.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,468 1,374 1,970
10th Percentile £308 £340 £337
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £619 £669 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 187 174
10th Percentile £22.05 £40.00 £46.18
25th Percentile £51.53 £52.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.84% +3.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £74.84
90th Percentile £82.96 £74.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for TestRail in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for TestRail in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TestRail in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TestRail in the UK excluding London

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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 TestRail within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 East +8 10 £525 -4.55% 6
North of England -5 4 £270 - 2
North West - 3 £270 - 2
South West +28 1 £600 +66.67% 4
Yorkshire -6 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -
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UK

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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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Bitbucket
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) GoogleTest
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (6.25%) Selenium
2 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Test Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Tester
4 3 (18.75%) UAT Tester
5 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) QA Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Test Management
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
5 5 (31.25%) Test Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Scrum
7 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (18.75%) Manual Testing
7 3 (18.75%) SDLC
7 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
7 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
8 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
8 2 (12.50%) User Stories
9 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
9 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) ISTQB
2 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
3 8 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) HP
2 1 (6.25%) Google