Tester Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Tester
South East > West Sussex

The median Tester daily rate in West Sussex is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
South East median daily rate £403 £475 £318
% change year-on-year -15.26% +49.61% -24.40%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Sussex with a recognized job title 275 127 238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 86.99% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 88 181
10th Percentile £275 £220 £213
25th Percentile £355 £322 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% -1.39% +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £515
90th Percentile £675 £615 £588
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 13
10th Percentile - - £14.19
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £13.26 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.54% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.13 £24.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £83.33 £29.00
South East median hourly rate £52.21 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +60.65% -31.58% -4.04%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Tester job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Sussex

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Sussex

Tester
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Worthing - 2 £358 -
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Horsham - 1 - - 3
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 24 May 2026, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Sussex region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) GitLab
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) GitLab
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (50.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Tagetik