Software Testing Contracts in London

Software Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 195 202
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +39
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 213 345 566
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.20% 1.37% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.51% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 261 371
10th Percentile £325 £355 £363
25th Percentile £380 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £508
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +13.30% +6.84%
75th Percentile £613 £695 £600
90th Percentile £703 £750 £675
England median daily rate £457 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.60% - +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 5
10th Percentile £42.88 £44.88 -
25th Percentile £45.97 £45.90 £15.75
Median hourly rate £52.64 £56.49 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +125.94% +2.67%
75th Percentile £57.79 £63.38 £51.48
90th Percentile £59.97 £90.00 £57.34
England median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £54.89
% change year-on-year +19.05% -4.35% +18.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +20 39 £494 -24.12% 8
East London -1 8 £575 +32.18% 4
West London +24 6 £521 - 4
South London +3 4 £465 -2.11% 4
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.82%) Confluence
2 5 (2.35%) CMS
3 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.88%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.41%) Headless CMS
4 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.41%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.41%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.94%) Apache
5 2 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.41%) Windchill
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Endur
2 4 (1.88%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (1.41%) ENOVIA
3 3 (1.41%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (1.41%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.94%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.47%) Magento
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.47%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.47%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.25%) Azure
2 36 (16.90%) AWS
3 22 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (4.23%) Serverless
5 8 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (3.76%) GitHub
5 8 (3.76%) SaaS
6 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.82%) PaaS
8 5 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.35%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.88%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.41%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.94%) Boomi
11 2 (0.94%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.88%) DHCP
2 4 (1.88%) DNS
2 4 (1.88%) Firewall
3 3 (1.41%) FTP
3 3 (1.41%) SMS
4 2 (0.94%) HTTP
5 1 (0.47%) 5G
5 1 (0.47%) Broadband
5 1 (0.47%) HbbTV
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) MVNO
5 1 (0.47%) VLAN
5 1 (0.47%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.47%) VoWiFi
5 1 (0.47%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.23%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.29%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.41%) MySQL
7 3 (1.41%) Power BI
8 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (21.13%) Selenium
2 37 (17.37%) Git
3 29 (13.62%) Postman
4 28 (13.15%) Cucumber
5 26 (12.21%) JIRA
6 23 (10.80%) WebDriver
7 20 (9.39%) JUnit
8 17 (7.98%) REST Assured
9 15 (7.04%) Appium
9 15 (7.04%) TestNG
10 11 (5.16%) Jenkins
10 11 (5.16%) SoapUI
10 11 (5.16%) Visual Studio
11 10 (4.69%) eggPlant
11 10 (4.69%) SOAtest
11 10 (4.69%) SpecFlow
12 8 (3.76%) GitLab
13 7 (3.29%) Cypress.io
13 7 (3.29%) fastlane
13 7 (3.29%) LoadRunner
General
1 77 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 45 (21.13%) Finance
3 39 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (14.55%) Back Office
5 24 (11.27%) Banking
6 20 (9.39%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.16%) Investment Banking
7 11 (5.16%) Retail
8 9 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.82%) Front Office
10 5 (2.35%) Retail Banking
10 5 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.88%) Legal
11 4 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.41%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.94%) Law
13 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.47%) Automotive
14 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 47 (22.07%) Senior
2 40 (18.78%) Analyst
3 35 (16.43%) Developer
4 27 (12.68%) Lead
4 27 (12.68%) Tester
5 25 (11.74%) Test Analyst
6 21 (9.86%) Senior Analyst
7 19 (8.92%) Senior Test Analyst
8 16 (7.51%) Software Engineer
8 16 (7.51%) Test Engineer
9 13 (6.10%) Software Developer
10 11 (5.16%) QA Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (4.23%) Test Manager
12 8 (3.76%) Manual Tester
12 8 (3.76%) React Developer
12 8 (3.76%) Technical Leader
12 8 (3.76%) Test Automation Engineer
13 7 (3.29%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.02%) .NET
2 22 (10.33%) .NET Framework
3 18 (8.45%) React
4 16 (7.51%) REST
5 15 (7.04%) AngularJS
6 14 (6.57%) HTML
7 12 (5.63%) Redux
7 12 (5.63%) Web Services
8 9 (4.23%) CSS
8 9 (4.23%) GraphQL
8 9 (4.23%) Node.js
9 8 (3.76%) RESTful
10 7 (3.29%) ADO
10 7 (3.29%) Bazel
10 7 (3.29%) SwiftUI
11 6 (2.82%) Angular 2
11 6 (2.82%) Blazor
11 6 (2.82%) Entity Framework
11 6 (2.82%) HTML5
11 6 (2.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.98%) Mobile App
2 16 (7.51%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.29%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.82%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.82%) Replication
4 6 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.35%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.35%) Clustering
5 5 (2.35%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.41%) Derivative
7 3 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.94%) Equities
8 2 (0.94%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.94%) Life Science
8 2 (0.94%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.45%) Android
2 14 (6.57%) Windows
3 10 (4.69%) Linux
4 8 (3.76%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.41%) Unix
6 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (56.34%) Agile
2 112 (52.58%) Test Automation
3 54 (25.35%) Software Engineering
4 53 (24.88%) CI/CD
5 51 (23.94%) Continuous Integration
6 47 (22.07%) DevOps
7 42 (19.72%) Test Strategy
8 36 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (16.43%) Scrum
10 27 (12.68%) Performance Testing
10 27 (12.68%) TDD
11 25 (11.74%) User Stories
12 24 (11.27%) Test Scripting
13 23 (10.80%) SDLC
14 21 (9.86%) Acceptance Criteria
14 21 (9.86%) End-to-End Testing
15 20 (9.39%) Manual Testing
15 20 (9.39%) Microservices
15 20 (9.39%) SDET
16 19 (8.92%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.07%) Java
2 44 (20.66%) C#
3 36 (16.90%) Python
3 36 (16.90%) SQL
4 28 (13.15%) JavaScript
5 20 (9.39%) TypeScript
6 14 (6.57%) Kotlin
7 10 (4.69%) PowerShell
7 10 (4.69%) Ruby
8 7 (3.29%) Go
8 7 (3.29%) Swift
9 6 (2.82%) Bash
10 5 (2.35%) C
11 3 (1.41%) Bicep
11 3 (1.41%) C++
11 3 (1.41%) Perl
12 2 (0.94%) Scala
13 1 (0.47%) Ada
13 1 (0.47%) JCL
13 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (17.37%) Degree
2 29 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 26 (12.21%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.98%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.41%) ISEB
6 3 (1.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 3 (1.41%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.94%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) PhD
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.37%) QA
2 4 (1.88%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.88%) Software Quality Assurance
3 3 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.94%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.47%) COBIT
5 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.47%) HL7
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.47%) SLA
5 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (5.16%) Docker
2 7 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) NFS
3 1 (0.47%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.82%) Ansible
3 5 (2.35%) SCCM
3 5 (2.35%) Terraform
4 3 (1.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.47%) Grafana
6 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.47%) Iperf
6 1 (0.47%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.47%) Puppet
6 1 (0.47%) Rancher
Vendors
1 39 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.51%) Oracle
3 10 (4.69%) IBM
4 6 (2.82%) Adobe
4 6 (2.82%) HP
4 6 (2.82%) OpenLink
5 4 (1.88%) Google
5 4 (1.88%) Optimizely
6 3 (1.41%) Broadcom
6 3 (1.41%) Dell
6 3 (1.41%) Micro Focus
6 3 (1.41%) PTC
6 3 (1.41%) Siemens
6 3 (1.41%) Splunk
7 2 (0.94%) Ab Initio
7 2 (0.94%) Apple
7 2 (0.94%) Databricks
7 2 (0.94%) SAP
7 2 (0.94%) Sybase
7 2 (0.94%) VMware