Software Testing Contracts in the Midlands

Software Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 115 140
Rank change year-on-year +20 +25 -42
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 39 42 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.45% 1.27% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.45% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 47
10th Percentile £250 £263 £285
25th Percentile £400 £363 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £415 £420
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -1.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £503
90th Percentile £590 £538 £533
England median daily rate £456 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -8.80% +1.01% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +19.05% +7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,204 2,905 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.09% 88.08% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,487 2,037 3,239
10th Percentile £234 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 104 145
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.15 £10.57
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.88 £13.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £21.97 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +25.51% +14.94%
75th Percentile £33.25 £36.37 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £56.75 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +19 27 £500 +11.61% 44
East Midlands +20 12 £525 +40.00% 35
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.56%) Appian
1 1 (2.56%) Confluence
1 1 (2.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Simulink
2 5 (12.82%) Stateflow
2 5 (12.82%) TargetLink
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Bitbucket
2 5 (12.82%) Git
2 5 (12.82%) Subversion
3 4 (10.26%) Ant
4 3 (7.69%) JMeter
4 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (7.69%) Visual Studio
5 2 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (5.13%) Selenium
5 2 (5.13%) TestRail
6 1 (2.56%) Artifactory
6 1 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (2.56%) JIRA
6 1 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (2.56%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Automotive
4 3 (7.69%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.69%) Electronics
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Aeronautics
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Games
6 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Analyst
2 8 (20.51%) Developer
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Developer
3 6 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Control Systems Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Performance Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Performance Test Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) QA Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Test Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Test Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Validation Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Verification Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Software Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Software Test Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.56%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 5 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.56%) FPGA
3 1 (2.56%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) PDA
3 1 (2.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Unix
2 2 (5.13%) Windows
3 1 (2.56%) Android
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Agile
2 13 (33.33%) DevOps
2 13 (33.33%) Scrum
3 9 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 9 (23.08%) System Testing
3 9 (23.08%) Test Automation
3 9 (23.08%) Validation
4 8 (20.51%) Integration Testing
4 8 (20.51%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (17.95%) Functional Testing
6 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 6 (15.38%) Test Strategy
7 5 (12.82%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 5 (12.82%) Line Management
7 5 (12.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 5 (12.82%) QMS
7 5 (12.82%) SDLC
7 5 (12.82%) Software Audit
7 5 (12.82%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) SQL
2 8 (20.51%) PL/SQL
3 7 (17.95%) Bash
3 7 (17.95%) Bourne shell
3 7 (17.95%) Korn
4 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
5 5 (12.82%) C
6 1 (2.56%) C#
6 1 (2.56%) Java
6 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) ISTQB
3 9 (23.08%) Degree
4 8 (20.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (17.95%) ISEB
6 5 (12.82%) Master's Degree
7 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
8 3 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) AUTOSAR
1 5 (12.82%) ISO 26262
1 5 (12.82%) MISRA
1 5 (12.82%) MISRA C
1 5 (12.82%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.56%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Ansible
1 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
1 1 (2.56%) Puppet
1 1 (2.56%) Rancher
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Oracle
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.56%) Guidewire
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Talend
3 1 (2.56%) VMware
3 1 (2.56%) Xilinx