Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 0.53% - 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% - 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £235
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.00%
75th Percentile - - £243
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £449 £500
% change year-on-year +11.36% -10.20% -7.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

Software 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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 479 268 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 85.23% 89.93% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 165 215
10th Percentile £300 £380 £308
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £683 £770
West Midlands median daily rate £497 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.57% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 25
10th Percentile £16.10 - £13.07
25th Percentile £20.63 £14.70 £13.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +55.93%
75th Percentile £34.00 £35.00 £26.98
90th Percentile £59.50 £40.58 £34.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.49 £18.74 £23.00
% change year-on-year +14.67% -18.52% +29.94%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 2026. 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
Warwick - 2 £450 - 2
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA