Software Testing Contracts in Wales

Software Testing
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 42 58 71
Rank change year-on-year +16 +13 -16
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.27% 0.66% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.75% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £217
25th Percentile - - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £800 £518
Median % change year-on-year -73.75% +54.59% +10.99%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 283 532 818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.32% 87.50% 83.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 411 594
10th Percentile £160 £188 £201
25th Percentile £356 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.44%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £575
90th Percentile £678 £650 £647
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 26
10th Percentile £11.57 £14.63 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.71 £16.98 £18.57
Median hourly rate £19.82 £18.14 £21.63
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -16.12% +1.05%
75th Percentile £51.75 £22.93 £42.91
90th Percentile £86.54 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +17 1 £210 -73.75% 7
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Health Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft