End-to-End Testing Contracts

End-to-End Testing
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 312 375
Rank change year-on-year -19 +63 -39
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 198 304 390
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.70% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.82% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 213 265
10th Percentile £335 £351 £356
25th Percentile £407 £411 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £665
90th Percentile £701 £729 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.20% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £36.63 - £53.00
25th Percentile £37.19 - £54.50
Median hourly rate £38.75 £26.03 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.87% -54.33% +62.86%
75th Percentile £39.69 £29.38 £59.50
90th Percentile £39.88 £35.38 £61.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £26.03 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

End-to-End 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,651 37,268 53,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.87% 86.35% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,180 24,016 36,805
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,087 2,439 1,749
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%
75th Percentile £61.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing End-to-End Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Daily rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Hourly rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing End-to-End Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -5 157 £506 +1.25% 153
London -19 84 £525 - 87
UK excluding London +9 76 £489 -2.20% 86
Work from Home -11 67 £550 +10.00% 128
North of England +14 28 £488 -2.50% 30
South East +20 21 £500 +5.26% 18
North West +7 20 £525 +5.00% 22
Scotland -8 10 £475 +18.75% 9
Midlands +14 9 £450 +12.50% 8
West Midlands +21 7 £425 - 6
Yorkshire +20 7 £450 +3.69% 4
East of England +31 5 £910 +142.67% 4
South West +35 4 £525 +13.51% 11
East Midlands +1 2 £450 +12.50% 2
North East -2 1 £475 +20.25% 4

End-to-End Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (7.07%) Confluence
2 6 (3.03%) CMS
3 5 (2.53%) Headless CMS
4 3 (1.52%) Alfresco
4 3 (1.52%) Camunda
5 2 (1.01%) Apache
5 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.52%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (1.01%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.02%) SAP FI
1 4 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.01%) Shopify
3 2 (1.01%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.51%) Murex MxG2000
4 1 (0.51%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.51%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.51%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.51%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.51%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.25%) AWS
2 30 (15.15%) Azure
3 22 (11.11%) GitHub
4 14 (7.07%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.55%) Azure AKS
6 9 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (4.55%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (3.54%) SaaS
9 4 (2.02%) BrowserStack
9 4 (2.02%) GCP
9 4 (2.02%) Sentry
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.52%) Firebase
10 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.55%) DNS
2 2 (1.01%) BGP
2 2 (1.01%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (1.01%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (1.01%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (1.01%) IOS XR
2 2 (1.01%) Junos
2 2 (1.01%) LAN
2 2 (1.01%) MPLS
2 2 (1.01%) Multicast
2 2 (1.01%) NX-OS
2 2 (1.01%) OSPF
2 2 (1.01%) VPN
2 2 (1.01%) VXLAN
2 2 (1.01%) WAN
3 1 (0.51%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.57%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.55%) MySQL
3 9 (4.55%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.54%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.53%) Redis
6 4 (2.02%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.02%) Siebel EIM
7 3 (1.52%) Power Query
8 2 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.01%) GIS
8 2 (1.01%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.51%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.51%) Big Data
9 1 (0.51%) DB2
9 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 37 (18.69%) JIRA
2 19 (9.60%) Postman
3 18 (9.09%) Cypress.io
4 17 (8.59%) Selenium
5 15 (7.58%) Jenkins
5 15 (7.58%) JMeter
6 14 (7.07%) Git
7 10 (5.05%) REST Assured
8 9 (4.55%) JUnit
9 7 (3.54%) Bitbucket
10 6 (3.03%) Cucumber
10 6 (3.03%) GitLab
10 6 (3.03%) LoadRunner
10 6 (3.03%) SpecFlow
10 6 (3.03%) TestRail
11 4 (2.02%) CircleCI
11 4 (2.02%) Gradle
11 4 (2.02%) Maven
12 3 (1.52%) Gatling
12 3 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (40.40%) Social Skills
2 59 (29.80%) Finance
3 34 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (15.66%) Public Sector
5 19 (9.60%) Banking
6 7 (3.54%) Retail
7 6 (3.03%) Front Office
7 6 (3.03%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Marketing
9 4 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.01%) Back Office
11 2 (1.01%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.01%) Electronics
11 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.01%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (18.69%) Developer
2 28 (14.14%) Tester
3 23 (11.62%) Lead
4 18 (9.09%) Analyst
5 17 (8.59%) Consultant
6 14 (7.07%) QA Engineer
6 14 (7.07%) Senior
6 14 (7.07%) Test Manager
7 12 (6.06%) Business Analyst
7 12 (6.06%) Test Leader
8 11 (5.56%) Software Engineer
9 7 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (3.54%) Test Engineer
10 6 (3.03%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.03%) Python Engineer
10 6 (3.03%) SAP Consultant
10 6 (3.03%) Test Analyst
11 5 (2.53%) Programme Manager
11 5 (2.53%) React Developer
11 5 (2.53%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.63%) REST
2 18 (9.09%) React
3 14 (7.07%) Kafka
3 14 (7.07%) Playwright
4 12 (6.06%) HTML
5 10 (5.05%) CSS
5 10 (5.05%) Node.js
5 10 (5.05%) Spring Boot
6 9 (4.55%) AngularJS
6 9 (4.55%) JPA
6 9 (4.55%) OAuth
6 9 (4.55%) OAuth2
6 9 (4.55%) OpenID
7 8 (4.04%) Hibernate
7 8 (4.04%) Spring
7 8 (4.04%) Web Services
8 7 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (3.03%) Gherkin
9 6 (3.03%) GraphQL
9 6 (3.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.53%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.53%) PKI
5 4 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.52%) Derivative
6 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.01%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.01%) EPoS
7 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.51%) FMCG
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.05%) Linux
2 2 (1.01%) Android
2 2 (1.01%) Windows
3 1 (0.51%) Unix
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (36.36%) Agile
1 72 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 51 (25.76%) Validation
3 44 (22.22%) Test Strategy
4 42 (21.21%) CI/CD
4 42 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (20.71%) Integration Testing
6 36 (18.18%) DevOps
7 32 (16.16%) Performance Testing
8 31 (15.66%) User Acceptance Testing
9 30 (15.15%) Migration
9 30 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (13.13%) Test Management
11 25 (12.63%) System Integration Testing
12 22 (11.11%) Test Scripting
12 22 (11.11%) Unit Testing
13 21 (10.61%) Manual Testing
13 21 (10.61%) Microservices
14 19 (9.60%) Scrum
14 19 (9.60%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.73%) SQL
2 40 (20.20%) Python
3 27 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 22 (11.11%) Java
5 20 (10.10%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.59%) C#
7 5 (2.53%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.52%) PHP
8 3 (1.52%) VBA
9 2 (1.01%) Go
9 2 (1.01%) JSX
9 2 (1.01%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.51%) ABAP
10 1 (0.51%) Bash
10 1 (0.51%) Groovy
10 1 (0.51%) Perl
10 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.51%) Ruby
10 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.06%) Degree
3 12 (6.06%) ISTQB
4 7 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.52%) CIMA
5 3 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) CBAP
7 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (23.74%) QA
2 9 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.02%) EMIR
4 4 (2.02%) MiFID
5 3 (1.52%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.52%) ISO 31000
5 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.52%) SEPA
6 2 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.01%) WCAG
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (9.60%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 2 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (10.61%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.57%) Terraform
3 7 (3.54%) Grafana
4 6 (3.03%) Ansible
5 5 (2.53%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.51%) Kibana
6 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (10.61%) SAP
2 19 (9.60%) Oracle
3 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 10 (5.05%) Workday
6 8 (4.04%) Databricks
7 6 (3.03%) HP
8 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.02%) Siebel
9 4 (2.02%) Snow
10 3 (1.52%) Google
10 3 (1.52%) Kronos
11 2 (1.01%) Adobe
11 2 (1.01%) Ariba
11 2 (1.01%) Charles River
11 2 (1.01%) Cisco
11 2 (1.01%) Kofax
11 2 (1.01%) Murex
11 2 (1.01%) ReadSoft
11 2 (1.01%) Sitecore