System Testing Contracts in the South West

System Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited System 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 125 110 161
Rank change year-on-year -15 +51 -32
Contract jobs citing System Testing 23 50 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.73% 1.44% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.60% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 40 10
10th Percentile £375 £463 £458
25th Percentile £469 £513 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £592 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.19% +26.47%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £559
90th Percentile £725 £714 £565
England median daily rate £501 £535 £513
% change year-on-year -6.31% +4.39% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49.25
Median hourly rate - - £50.50
75th Percentile - - £51.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -61.82% +57.14% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

System 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,621 3,118 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.73% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,277 2,299
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.43%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £724 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 206
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +14.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.49
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for System Testing in the South West

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the South West

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the South West 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
Wiltshire -4 13 £525 -4.55% 6
Bristol +20 4 £525 -6.67% 1
Dorset -6 2 £600 -1.80% 1
Devon - 2 £450 - 1
System Testing
England

System Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (26.09%) Confluence
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) VSAN
2 3 (13.04%) Skype
3 2 (8.70%) 4G
3 2 (8.70%) 5G
3 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) VoIP
4 1 (4.35%) DHCP
4 1 (4.35%) DNS
4 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) JIRA
General
1 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Public Sector
3 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
4 4 (17.39%) Automotive
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Military
6 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (21.74%) Lead
1 5 (21.74%) Test Engineer
1 5 (21.74%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) Lead Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Product Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) Flash
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) PKI
3 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (8.70%) CentOS
5 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Critical Thinking
1 8 (34.78%) Service Management
2 7 (30.43%) NsoIT
2 7 (30.43%) Validation
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
3 6 (26.09%) Test Scripting
3 6 (26.09%) Waterfall
4 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
4 5 (21.74%) High Availability
4 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (21.74%) Network Virtualisation
4 5 (21.74%) Power Management
5 4 (17.39%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (17.39%) Inventory Management
5 4 (17.39%) Migration
5 4 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (17.39%) Requirements Workshops
5 4 (17.39%) Software Testing
5 4 (17.39%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) C++
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) Degree
3 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (26.09%) CCNA
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (21.74%) Master's Degree
5 5 (21.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (17.39%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (13.04%) MCSE
8 1 (4.35%) CCNP
8 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Def Stans
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (21.74%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (21.74%) VMware NSX
3 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) vCenter Server
2 3 (13.04%) WSUS
3 1 (4.35%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Atlassian
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) Veeam