Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire 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 35 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.63% - 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% - 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £254
25th Percentile £663 - £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.50%
75th Percentile £688 - £555
90th Percentile - - £558
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £449 £500
% change year-on-year +11.36% -10.20% -7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £57.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 118 56 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 73.75% 91.80% 80.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 31 52
10th Percentile £301 £145 £200
25th Percentile £463 £275 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £526
Median % change year-on-year - +4.51% -4.32%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £626
90th Percentile £748 £800 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £497 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.57% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 10
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.46 £15.44
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.22 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £17.16 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +6.24% -3.19% -
75th Percentile £34.94 £18.13 £60.31
90th Percentile £74.50 £23.14 £73.00
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 Worcestershire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

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

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire 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
Malvern - 1 £675 -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) QinetiQ