Software Testing Contracts in Somerset

Software Testing
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.89% 3.93% 5.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 4.40% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - - £321
25th Percentile - £313 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -31.58% +2.15%
75th Percentile - £394 £503
90th Percentile - £428 £525
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £49.14 £42.66
25th Percentile - £51.22 £44.51
Median hourly rate - £56.25 £49.48
Median % change year-on-year - +13.69% -
75th Percentile - £62.89 £53.81
90th Percentile - £67.86 £55.27
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £70.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.88% +16.95% +29.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 159 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 73.66% 89.33% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 126 128
10th Percentile £200 £220 £221
25th Percentile £406 £389 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £525
90th Percentile £613 £731 £607
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 13 11
10th Percentile £12.50 £33.42 £15.76
25th Percentile - £37.50 £31.09
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +3.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £40.00 £60.13 £56.13
90th Percentile £61.25 £69.74 £58.43
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.74
% change year-on-year -4.35% +17.97% +8.31%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Somerset

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Somerset

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Somerset

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Yeovil -7 2 - -
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Tactical Data Link
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared