Software Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 186 188
Rank change year-on-year +34 +2 +23
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 200 336 669
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.32% 1.31% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.46% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 219 424
10th Percentile £334 £285 £346
25th Percentile £403 £375 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -1.04% +12.94%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £570
90th Percentile £688 £690 £650
UK median daily rate £457 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 32 28
10th Percentile - - £22.68
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.50 £39.69
Median hourly rate £29.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £31.13 £57.81 £58.18
90th Percentile £36.64 £68.75 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +19.05% +7.14% +8.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Software Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing.

Software Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Software Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing.

Software Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Software Testing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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 5 (2.50%) CMS
1 5 (2.50%) Confluence
2 3 (1.50%) Headless CMS
2 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.50%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.50%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Endur
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.00%) Azure
2 33 (16.50%) AWS
3 20 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (7.50%) GitHub
5 6 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (3.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.00%) GCP
6 4 (2.00%) SaaS
7 3 (1.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.00%) IaaS
8 2 (1.00%) PaaS
8 2 (1.00%) Serverless
8 2 (1.00%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.00%) 4G
2 2 (1.00%) 5G
2 2 (1.00%) Internet
2 2 (1.00%) Network Security
2 2 (1.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.50%) Oracle Database
2 13 (6.50%) Oracle Database 11g
3 12 (6.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.50%) MySQL
5 6 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.50%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (2.00%) Couchbase
7 4 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.50%) Power BI
9 2 (1.00%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 33 (16.50%) Selenium
2 31 (15.50%) Git
3 19 (9.50%) Jenkins
4 18 (9.00%) JIRA
5 12 (6.00%) Cucumber
6 11 (5.50%) WebDriver
7 10 (5.00%) Postman
7 10 (5.00%) REST Assured
7 10 (5.00%) TestNG
8 8 (4.00%) JMeter
8 8 (4.00%) JUnit
9 6 (3.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (3.00%) Visual Studio
10 5 (2.50%) Appium
10 5 (2.50%) Bitbucket
10 5 (2.50%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.50%) SpecFlow
11 4 (2.00%) GitLab
12 3 (1.50%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (1.50%) SOAtest
General
1 55 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.50%) Finance
3 23 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.00%) Banking
6 9 (4.50%) Back Office
7 8 (4.00%) Electronics
7 8 (4.00%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.00%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.00%) Marketing
8 6 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.50%) Retail
10 4 (2.00%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (2.00%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.50%) Automotive
11 3 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.50%) Front Office
11 3 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (22.50%) Developer
2 34 (17.00%) Analyst
3 26 (13.00%) Test Engineer
4 23 (11.50%) Senior
5 20 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 17 (8.50%) Lead
6 17 (8.50%) Test Manager
7 13 (6.50%) PostgreSQL Developer
7 13 (6.50%) Tester
8 10 (5.00%) Software Developer
8 10 (5.00%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.00%) Test Automation Engineer
9 9 (4.50%) SQL Developer
10 7 (3.50%) Business Analyst
10 7 (3.50%) React Developer
11 6 (3.00%) Developer in Test
11 6 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.00%) Senior Test Engineer
11 6 (3.00%) Software Tester
12 5 (2.50%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.00%) Web Services
2 12 (6.00%) REST
3 11 (5.50%) .NET
3 11 (5.50%) AngularJS
4 10 (5.00%) React
4 10 (5.00%) RESTful
5 9 (4.50%) CSS
5 9 (4.50%) GraphQL
5 9 (4.50%) SOAP
6 7 (3.50%) HTML
6 7 (3.50%) XML
7 6 (3.00%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.50%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.50%) Gherkin
8 5 (2.50%) jQuery
8 5 (2.50%) Spring
8 5 (2.50%) Struts
8 5 (2.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 4 (2.00%) Node.js
9 4 (2.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.50%) Mobile App
1 5 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (2.00%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.00%) NHS
2 4 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.50%) Life Science
3 3 (1.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.00%) Clustering
4 2 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.00%) Equities
4 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.50%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.50%) EPoS
5 1 (0.50%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.50%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.00%) Linux
2 15 (7.50%) Windows
3 6 (3.00%) zOS
4 5 (2.50%) Unix
5 3 (1.50%) Android
5 3 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (44.00%) Test Automation
2 87 (43.50%) Agile
3 57 (28.50%) DevOps
4 42 (21.00%) Software Engineering
5 35 (17.50%) Test Strategy
6 34 (17.00%) Test Scripting
7 33 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (16.00%) Unit Testing
8 32 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 31 (15.50%) CI/CD
10 29 (14.50%) SDLC
11 23 (11.50%) Continuous Integration
11 23 (11.50%) Migration
11 23 (11.50%) SDET
12 22 (11.00%) Scrum
13 21 (10.50%) Manual Testing
14 18 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (9.00%) End-to-End Testing
15 17 (8.50%) Data Migration
16 16 (8.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.00%) SQL
2 38 (19.00%) Java
3 34 (17.00%) Python
4 25 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.50%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.50%) PL/SQL
7 16 (8.00%) C#
8 8 (4.00%) Bash
9 7 (3.50%) C++
10 6 (3.00%) JCL
11 5 (2.50%) PowerShell
12 4 (2.00%) Bourne shell
12 4 (2.00%) Go
12 4 (2.00%) Korn
12 4 (2.00%) Perl
12 4 (2.00%) REXX
13 3 (1.50%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.50%) PHP
14 2 (1.00%) Ruby
14 2 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 38 (19.00%) SC Cleared
3 27 (13.50%) Degree
4 25 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 10 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.00%) ISEB
8 3 (1.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.50%) MCSE
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PhD
10 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.00%) QA
2 5 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.50%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.50%) WCAG
4 2 (1.00%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.00%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.00%) GDPR
4 2 (1.00%) HL7
5 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.50%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (3.00%) NFS
1 6 (3.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 4 (2.00%) Docker
3 3 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.50%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.00%) Ansible
1 6 (3.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (3.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (1.00%) Opsgenie
2 2 (1.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Grafana
3 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.50%) SCCM
3 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (15.50%) Oracle
2 17 (8.50%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.00%) IBM
4 6 (3.00%) Broadcom
4 6 (3.00%) Brocade
4 6 (3.00%) CA
4 6 (3.00%) Dell
4 6 (3.00%) SAP
5 4 (2.00%) Splunk
6 3 (1.50%) Databricks
6 3 (1.50%) Micro Focus
6 3 (1.50%) OpenLink
6 3 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.00%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.00%) Murex
7 2 (1.00%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.00%) Siemens
7 2 (1.00%) Sybase
8 1 (0.50%) HP