Software Testing Contract Job Trends in West London

Software Testing
London > West London

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 36 58
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 0.36% 0.68% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.76% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £481 £553
25th Percentile - £491 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £521 £650
Median % change year-on-year -23.22% -19.85% +36.84%
75th Percentile - £566 £725
90th Percentile - £584 £755
London median daily rate £423 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -10.95% -17.39% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47.13
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £27.50 £61.43 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.23% +2.38% +263.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 240 263 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 87.27% 90.07% 93.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 189 467
10th Percentile £216 £250 £258
25th Percentile £344 £363 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% -15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £638
90th Percentile £550 £650 £706
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 25
10th Percentile £25.00 £19.96 £42.12
25th Percentile - £23.80 £60.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.75 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.03% -36.46% +278.95%
75th Percentile £34.27 £65.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £46.00 £70.10 -
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £39.42
% change year-on-year -9.29% -11.21% +8.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in West London

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Hounslow - 1 £400 -
Software Testing
London

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA