Software Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 160 188 189
Rank change year-on-year +28 +1 +28
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 200 321 642
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 1.30% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.44% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 211 407
10th Percentile £349 £285 £350
25th Percentile £408 £374 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £599 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 32 25
10th Percentile - - £20.35
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.75 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £31.13 £58.75 £55.00
90th Percentile - £68.75 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £52.74 £49.00
% change year-on-year +18.52% +7.62% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,944 22,223 40,220
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.86% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,728 29,204
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 510 531
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Software Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Software Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
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 Software Testing.

Software Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Software Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Testing.

Software Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Testing
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 6 (3.00%) Confluence
2 5 (2.50%) CMS
3 3 (1.50%) Headless CMS
3 3 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.50%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.50%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.50%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.50%) Endur
2 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.50%) Azure
2 34 (17.00%) AWS
3 23 (11.50%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (9.50%) GitHub
5 6 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (3.00%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.50%) GCP
7 4 (2.00%) SaaS
8 3 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.00%) IaaS
9 2 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.00%) PaaS
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.50%) BlazeMeter
10 1 (0.50%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.50%) 5G
2 3 (1.50%) Internet
3 2 (1.00%) 4G
3 2 (1.00%) Network Security
3 2 (1.00%) VoIP
4 1 (0.50%) DHCP
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) LTE
4 1 (0.50%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.50%) VPN
4 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.50%) Oracle Database
2 13 (6.50%) Oracle Database 11g
3 12 (6.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.50%) MySQL
5 6 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.50%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.00%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (2.00%) Couchbase
7 4 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.50%) Power BI
9 2 (1.00%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.50%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (15.00%) Selenium
2 28 (14.00%) Git
3 19 (9.50%) JIRA
4 17 (8.50%) Jenkins
5 12 (6.00%) Postman
6 11 (5.50%) WebDriver
7 9 (4.50%) Cucumber
7 9 (4.50%) JMeter
8 8 (4.00%) JUnit
9 7 (3.50%) REST Assured
9 7 (3.50%) TestNG
10 6 (3.00%) Cypress.io
10 6 (3.00%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (2.50%) Appium
11 5 (2.50%) GitLab
11 5 (2.50%) Visual Studio
12 4 (2.00%) Maven
12 4 (2.00%) SpecFlow
13 3 (1.50%) Bitbucket
13 3 (1.50%) SoapUI
General
1 58 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.50%) Finance
3 24 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.00%) Banking
6 11 (5.50%) Back Office
7 8 (4.00%) Electronics
8 7 (3.50%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.00%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.00%) Marketing
9 6 (3.00%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.50%) Retail
11 4 (2.00%) Automotive
11 4 (2.00%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (2.00%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.50%) Front Office
12 3 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 48 (24.00%) Developer
2 34 (17.00%) Analyst
3 28 (14.00%) Test Engineer
4 23 (11.50%) Senior
5 18 (9.00%) Test Analyst
6 17 (8.50%) Test Manager
7 16 (8.00%) Lead
7 16 (8.00%) Tester
8 14 (7.00%) Software Developer
9 13 (6.50%) PostgreSQL Developer
10 11 (5.50%) Test Automation Engineer
11 10 (5.00%) Software Engineer
12 9 (4.50%) SQL Developer
13 8 (4.00%) Software Tester
14 7 (3.50%) Business Analyst
14 7 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
15 6 (3.00%) Developer in Test
15 6 (3.00%) QA Engineer
15 6 (3.00%) Senior Test Analyst
15 6 (3.00%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.50%) REST
1 15 (7.50%) Web Services
2 12 (6.00%) .NET
3 10 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 10 (5.00%) Spring Boot
4 9 (4.50%) RESTful
4 9 (4.50%) SOAP
5 8 (4.00%) React
6 7 (3.50%) GraphQL
7 6 (3.00%) CSS
7 6 (3.00%) Spring
8 5 (2.50%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.50%) Gherkin
8 5 (2.50%) HTML
8 5 (2.50%) jQuery
8 5 (2.50%) Struts
8 5 (2.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 5 (2.50%) XML
9 4 (2.00%) Playwright
9 4 (2.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.50%) Mobile App
1 7 (3.50%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.50%) Life Science
4 3 (1.50%) NHS
4 3 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.00%) Clustering
5 2 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.00%) Equities
5 2 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.50%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.50%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.50%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.00%) Linux
2 15 (7.50%) Windows
3 6 (3.00%) zOS
4 5 (2.50%) Android
4 5 (2.50%) Unix
5 3 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (43.50%) Agile
2 85 (42.50%) Test Automation
3 58 (29.00%) DevOps
4 43 (21.50%) Software Engineering
5 35 (17.50%) Test Scripting
6 33 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (16.50%) Test Strategy
7 32 (16.00%) Unit Testing
8 30 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (13.50%) CI/CD
9 27 (13.50%) Continuous Integration
9 27 (13.50%) SDLC
10 22 (11.00%) Scrum
11 21 (10.50%) Manual Testing
11 21 (10.50%) Migration
11 21 (10.50%) SDET
12 18 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (8.50%) Data Migration
14 16 (8.00%) Computer Science
14 16 (8.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.50%) SQL
2 41 (20.50%) Java
3 33 (16.50%) Python
4 26 (13.00%) JavaScript
5 18 (9.00%) PL/SQL
6 17 (8.50%) C#
7 16 (8.00%) TypeScript
8 8 (4.00%) Bash
8 8 (4.00%) C++
9 6 (3.00%) JCL
10 5 (2.50%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.00%) Bourne shell
11 4 (2.00%) Go
11 4 (2.00%) Korn
11 4 (2.00%) Perl
11 4 (2.00%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.00%) REXX
12 2 (1.00%) Ruby
12 2 (1.00%) VB
12 2 (1.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 49 (24.50%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.50%) SC Cleared
3 28 (14.00%) Degree
4 23 (11.50%) ISTQB
5 11 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.00%) ISEB
7 5 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.50%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.50%) CISSP
10 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PhD
10 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.50%) QA
2 5 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.00%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.50%) GDPR
4 3 (1.50%) WCAG
5 2 (1.00%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.00%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.00%) HL7
6 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (3.00%) NFS
1 6 (3.00%) Time Sharing Option
2 5 (2.50%) Docker
3 3 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.50%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.00%) Ansible
2 6 (3.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (1.00%) Opsgenie
3 2 (1.00%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) Grafana
4 1 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (16.00%) Oracle
2 20 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.50%) IBM
4 6 (3.00%) Broadcom
4 6 (3.00%) Brocade
4 6 (3.00%) CA
4 6 (3.00%) Dell
4 6 (3.00%) SAP
5 4 (2.00%) Splunk
6 3 (1.50%) Databricks
6 3 (1.50%) Micro Focus
6 3 (1.50%) OpenLink
7 2 (1.00%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.00%) Google
7 2 (1.00%) PagerDuty
7 2 (1.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.00%) Siemens
7 2 (1.00%) Sybase
8 1 (0.50%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.50%) Talend