End-to-End Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

End-to-End Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring End-to-End Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited End-to-End Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 220 335
Rank change year-on-year -19 +115 -29
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 65 125 143
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.81% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.93% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 91 97
10th Percentile £350 £363 £325
25th Percentile £400 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £628 £622 £600
90th Percentile £720 £738 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

End-to-End 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

End-to-End Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing End-to-End Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

End-to-End Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing End-to-End Testing.

End-to-End Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

End-to-End Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

End-to-End Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing End-to-End Testing.

End-to-End Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

End-to-End Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.15%) CMS
2 3 (4.62%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.08%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.54%) Murex MxG2000
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.54%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.54%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.54%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 19 (29.23%) AWS
2 10 (15.38%) Azure
3 8 (12.31%) GitHub
4 6 (9.23%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (6.15%) Sentry
7 2 (3.08%) BrowserStack
7 2 (3.08%) Firebase
7 2 (3.08%) GCP
7 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.08%) Sauce Labs
7 2 (3.08%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (1.54%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.54%) Boomi
8 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.23%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.15%) Redis
3 2 (3.08%) Power Query
3 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.54%) MySQL
4 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) JIRA
2 7 (10.77%) Postman
3 6 (9.23%) Git
3 6 (9.23%) Jenkins
3 6 (9.23%) REST Assured
4 4 (6.15%) CircleCI
4 4 (6.15%) Cypress.io
4 4 (6.15%) JMeter
4 4 (6.15%) Selenium
5 3 (4.62%) Bitbucket
5 3 (4.62%) GitLab
5 3 (4.62%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (3.08%) Cucumber
6 2 (3.08%) Gatling
7 1 (1.54%) Artifactory
7 1 (1.54%) JUnit
7 1 (1.54%) Maven
7 1 (1.54%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.54%) TestDirector
General
1 24 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.46%) Finance
3 10 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.23%) Banking
6 5 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.15%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (6.15%) Investment Banking
7 4 (6.15%) Retail
8 2 (3.08%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (3.08%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.54%) Advertising
9 1 (1.54%) Back Office
9 1 (1.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Developer
2 8 (12.31%) Tester
3 7 (10.77%) Consultant
3 7 (10.77%) Test Manager
4 5 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) Python Developer
5 4 (6.15%) Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Lead
5 4 (6.15%) QA Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (4.62%) Software Developer
6 3 (4.62%) Test Leader
7 2 (3.08%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Automation Tester
7 2 (3.08%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Programme Manager
7 2 (3.08%) QA Automation Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Test Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.46%) React
2 7 (10.77%) REST
3 5 (7.69%) FastAPI
3 5 (7.69%) Node.js
4 4 (6.15%) AngularJS
4 4 (6.15%) Django
4 4 (6.15%) Express.js
4 4 (6.15%) Playwright
5 3 (4.62%) .NET
5 3 (4.62%) .NET Core
5 3 (4.62%) Gherkin
5 3 (4.62%) GraphQL
5 3 (4.62%) Kafka
6 2 (3.08%) Bootstrap
6 2 (3.08%) HTML
6 2 (3.08%) JPA
6 2 (3.08%) JSON
6 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (3.08%) Vue
6 2 (3.08%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.08%) EPoS
3 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.08%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) Derivative
4 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.54%) FMCG
4 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.54%) PKI
4 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (47.69%) Agile
2 20 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 18 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 15 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 14 (21.54%) Test Strategy
6 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (18.46%) Test Management
7 12 (18.46%) Validation
8 11 (16.92%) Migration
9 10 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
11 8 (12.31%) Performance Testing
11 8 (12.31%) Software Engineering
11 8 (12.31%) Test Scripting
11 8 (12.31%) Unit Testing
12 7 (10.77%) Architectural Design
12 7 (10.77%) Artificial Intelligence
12 7 (10.77%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (10.77%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.08%) Python
2 12 (18.46%) SQL
3 11 (16.92%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.77%) TypeScript
5 6 (9.23%) Java
6 3 (4.62%) C#
7 2 (3.08%) Go
7 2 (3.08%) VBA
8 1 (1.54%) Groovy
8 1 (1.54%) Perl
8 1 (1.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) Security Cleared
2 13 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) Degree
3 3 (4.62%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.08%) CIMA
4 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.54%) QA
2 6 (9.23%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.62%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (12.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.23%) Grafana
1 6 (9.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.08%) HP ALM
2 2 (3.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.54%) Ansible
3 1 (1.54%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) SAP
2 7 (10.77%) Oracle
3 3 (4.62%) Databricks
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.62%) Workday
4 2 (3.08%) Ariba
4 2 (3.08%) HP
4 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.08%) Snow
5 1 (1.54%) Calypso
5 1 (1.54%) Cognos
5 1 (1.54%) Dell
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.54%) Murex