System Testing Contract Job Trends in Wales

System Testing
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring System Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 42 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing System Testing 2 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.42% 1.87% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 2.20% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £266 £162 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £276 £190 £188
Median % change year-on-year +45.28% +1.32% -
75th Percentile £287 £232 £189
90th Percentile - £243 -
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £25.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year +63.50% -57.33% +1400.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 380 364 382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.83% 85.05% 87.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 221 290
10th Percentile £183 £162 £175
25th Percentile £282 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 47 24
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.33 £17.30
25th Percentile £16.78 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £18.59 £25.36 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -26.70% -4.60% +33.51%
75th Percentile £23.71 £40.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £31.05 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing System Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

System Testing job vacancy trend in Wales

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing System Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing System Testing

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing System Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing System Testing

System Testing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 Wales -1 2 £276 +45.28%
System Testing
UK

System Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing