TestRail Contracts with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for TestRail skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TestRail over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 451 599
Rank change year-on-year +124 +148 -123
Contract jobs citing TestRail 19 20 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.078% 0.047%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.03% 0.51% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 19
10th Percentile £338 £448 £371
25th Percentile £475 £500 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £466
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +18.03% -1.89%
75th Percentile £610 £713 £594
90th Percentile £730 £744 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £495
% change year-on-year +4.76% +6.06% +32.00%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

TestRail is in the Development Applications 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 development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,842 3,905 8,305
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 12.09% 15.26% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,321 2,799 5,996
10th Percentile £360 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +3.81% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £626
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 111 102
10th Percentile £27.62 £44.60 -
25th Percentile £47.06 £54.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £61.61
90th Percentile - £82.50 £67.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year +5.69% +22.14% +11.89%

TestRail
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

TestRail 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 TestRail.

TestRail daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing TestRail over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

TestRail daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) NFC
1 1 (5.26%) PPP
1 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (47.37%) JIRA
2 6 (31.58%) JMeter
3 4 (21.05%) Git
4 3 (15.79%) Postman
5 2 (10.53%) Cucumber
5 2 (10.53%) FitNesse
5 2 (10.53%) LoadRunner
5 2 (10.53%) SpecFlow
6 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (5.26%) Bugzilla
6 1 (5.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (5.26%) Eclipse
6 1 (5.26%) GoogleTest
6 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
6 1 (5.26%) JUnit
6 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (5.26%) Selenium
6 1 (5.26%) TestNG
6 1 (5.26%) Valgrind
6 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Back Office
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Front Office
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Test Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Test Leader
4 2 (10.53%) QA Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Test Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
5 1 (5.26%) Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior QA Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) REST
2 3 (15.79%) Playwright
3 1 (5.26%) JSON
3 1 (5.26%) Web Services
3 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Reference Data
1 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (5.26%) Smartcard
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
2 1 (5.26%) Unix
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Test Automation
2 14 (73.68%) Agile
3 11 (57.89%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (57.89%) Test Management
4 7 (36.84%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
6 5 (26.32%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
8 3 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Migration
8 3 (15.79%) Project Management
8 3 (15.79%) Scrum
8 3 (15.79%) TDD
9 2 (10.53%) Load Testing
9 2 (10.53%) SDLC
9 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
9 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
9 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.26%) C#
4 1 (5.26%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) ISTQB
1 10 (52.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (36.84%) DV Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Degree
5 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.26%) HNC
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Google