TestRail Contracts

Gurock TestRail
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 525 630
Rank change year-on-year +15 +105 +159
Contract jobs citing TestRail 36 49 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.066%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.74% 0.97% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 41 25
10th Percentile £307 £350 -
25th Percentile £428 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £590
90th Percentile £615 £603 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +31.43%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,845 5,038 7,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.74% 12.65% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,282 3,331 5,239
10th Percentile £322 £350 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £595 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 220 237
10th Percentile £23.65 £27.80 £45.53
25th Percentile £50.00 £46.23 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £84.65 £74.00 £88.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year - +5.69% +2.50%

TestRail
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TestRail as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TestRail in the UK

TestRail
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TestRail.

Daily rate trend for TestRail in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TestRail over the 6 months to 30 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TestRail in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 July 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 +15 30 £500 -9.09% 28
UK excluding London +5 21 £513 -6.82% 18
South East +18 11 £525 -4.55% 3
London +15 9 £500 -9.09% 10
Work from Home +10 8 £403 -26.82% 10
North of England 0 8 £500 - 3
Yorkshire -1 5 £513 - 1
North West - 3 £270 - 2
South West +34 1 £600 +66.67% 4
East of England - 1 - - 1

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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 5 (13.89%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Azure
1 9 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) GitHub
2 4 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (5.56%) Asana
3 2 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) BrowserStack
4 1 (2.78%) Firebase
4 1 (2.78%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Data Mining
1 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 26 (72.22%) JIRA
2 9 (25.00%) Git
2 9 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 6 (16.67%) Zephyr
4 5 (13.89%) Selenium
5 4 (11.11%) Postman
5 4 (11.11%) REST Assured
6 3 (8.33%) Appium
6 3 (8.33%) JUnit
6 3 (8.33%) TestNG
6 3 (8.33%) WebDriver
7 2 (5.56%) Bitbucket
7 2 (5.56%) Cypress.io
7 2 (5.56%) GoogleTest
7 2 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Test Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Tester
3 8 (22.22%) Test Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Automation Tester
4 5 (13.89%) Senior
5 4 (11.11%) Lead
5 4 (11.11%) QA Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) QA Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) QA Automation Tester
6 3 (8.33%) QA Tester
6 3 (8.33%) Selenium Automation Tester
6 3 (8.33%) Selenium Tester
6 3 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) UAT Tester
7 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Embedded Linux Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Lead Tester
7 2 (5.56%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) REST
2 5 (13.89%) Playwright
3 3 (8.33%) SOAP
3 3 (8.33%) Web Services
4 2 (5.56%) Flutter
4 2 (5.56%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 3 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (63.89%) Test Management
2 16 (44.44%) Agile
3 15 (41.67%) Test Automation
4 11 (30.56%) CI/CD
5 10 (27.78%) DevOps
6 9 (25.00%) Test Scripting
7 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.22%) Test Strategy
8 7 (19.44%) Manual Testing
9 6 (16.67%) Migration
9 6 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 6 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (13.89%) API Testing
10 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
10 5 (13.89%) Scrum
10 5 (13.89%) Validation
11 4 (11.11%) Defect Management
11 4 (11.11%) SOLID
11 4 (11.11%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Java
2 5 (13.89%) JavaScript
2 5 (13.89%) Python
2 5 (13.89%) SQL
3 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) ISTQB
2 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (41.67%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.78%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) HP
2 3 (8.33%) Duck Creek
2 3 (8.33%) Guidewire
3 2 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft