End-to-End Testing Contracts

End-to-End Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for End-to-End Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 358 320
Rank change year-on-year +40 -38 +19
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 274 369 744
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.66% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.73% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 241 522
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £400 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +16.96%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £600
90th Percentile £725 £743 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £523 £475
% change year-on-year -13.96% +10.11% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile - £24.33 £25.20
25th Percentile - £28.94 £25.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £37.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +6.43% -36.36%
75th Percentile £29.38 £44.94 £49.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £49.18 £52.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.03 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - -3.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

End-to-End 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing End-to-End Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Daily rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for End-to-End Testing in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Hourly rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing End-to-End Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -15 210 £500 -5.66% 75
London +23 123 £533 -7.39% 37
Work from Home +90 111 £500 - 41
UK excluding London +17 109 £450 -13.96% 41
South East +19 40 £450 -10.00% 8
Scotland +53 24 £400 +5.26% 4
North of England -11 22 £513 -9.29% 12
North West +23 13 £663 +32.50% 8
East Midlands +17 13 £400 -46.16% 1
Midlands +17 13 £400 -33.33% 5
Yorkshire +5 8 £463 -26.00% 3
South West -6 8 £638 +31.48% 11
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 1
North East -10 1 £395 -30.09% 1

End-to-End Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (7.66%) Confluence
2 7 (2.55%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.19%) CMS
4 4 (1.46%) Apache
4 4 (1.46%) IIS
4 4 (1.46%) JBoss
5 3 (1.09%) Headless CMS
5 3 (1.09%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (1.46%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.84%) Oracle AGIS
1 16 (5.84%) Oracle Assets
2 15 (5.47%) Oracle General Ledger
2 15 (5.47%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (5.11%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (2.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (1.46%) NEC Housing
6 4 (1.46%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.46%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (1.46%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.73%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.36%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.80%) AWS
2 43 (15.69%) Azure
3 15 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (4.74%) GCP
5 12 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (4.01%) Amazon S3
6 11 (4.01%) Amazon SQS
7 10 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (2.92%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.92%) Route 53
8 8 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.19%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.19%) Serverless
9 6 (2.19%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.82%) GitHub
11 4 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.46%) IBM Blueworks
11 4 (1.46%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.92%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.82%) SSL
3 1 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.03%) NoSQL
2 20 (7.30%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.92%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.82%) MySQL
5 5 (1.82%) Power BI
6 4 (1.46%) DB2
6 4 (1.46%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.73%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.73%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 51 (18.61%) JIRA
2 25 (9.12%) Git
3 23 (8.39%) Jenkins
4 17 (6.20%) Cucumber
4 17 (6.20%) Selenium
5 14 (5.11%) JUnit
6 12 (4.38%) Cypress.io
7 11 (4.01%) GitLab
8 10 (3.65%) webpack
9 8 (2.92%) Bitbucket
9 8 (2.92%) TestRail
10 7 (2.55%) JMeter
10 7 (2.55%) Postman
11 6 (2.19%) SpecFlow
12 5 (1.82%) Maven
13 4 (1.46%) Artifactory
13 4 (1.46%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (1.46%) Vagrant
13 4 (1.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 83 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.53%) Finance
3 39 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.93%) Banking
4 19 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.47%) General Ledger
6 14 (5.11%) Front Office
7 11 (4.01%) Automotive
8 10 (3.65%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.28%) Marketing
10 8 (2.92%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.19%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.46%) Electronics
12 4 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.46%) Retail
13 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.09%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.09%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 66 (24.09%) Developer
2 40 (14.60%) Analyst
3 29 (10.58%) Test Manager
4 27 (9.85%) Lead
5 25 (9.12%) Java Developer
6 24 (8.76%) Test Analyst
6 24 (8.76%) Tester
7 21 (7.66%) Test Engineer
8 20 (7.30%) Senior
9 18 (6.57%) Architect
10 15 (5.47%) Software Developer
11 14 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (4.38%) Oracle Architect
12 12 (4.38%) Oracle Solutions Architect
13 10 (3.65%) React Developer
14 9 (3.28%) Software Engineer
15 8 (2.92%) Business Analyst
15 8 (2.92%) Manual Tester
15 8 (2.92%) Python Developer
15 8 (2.92%) QA Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.04%) RESTful
2 31 (11.31%) React
3 22 (8.03%) REST
4 20 (7.30%) Spring
4 20 (7.30%) Spring Boot
5 19 (6.93%) Kafka
6 17 (6.20%) Redux
7 15 (5.47%) CSS
7 15 (5.47%) FastAPI
7 15 (5.47%) Node.js
7 15 (5.47%) WebSockets
8 13 (4.74%) HTML
9 12 (4.38%) .NET
10 9 (3.28%) ADO
10 9 (3.28%) Playwright
11 8 (2.92%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.92%) Express.js
12 7 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
12 7 (2.55%) OpenTracing
13 6 (2.19%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.38%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.01%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.55%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.82%) FMCG
6 5 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.82%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.46%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.09%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.73%) Equities
9 2 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.73%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.73%) PKI
9 2 (0.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.58%) Linux
2 13 (4.74%) Unix
2 13 (4.74%) Windows
3 6 (2.19%) Android
4 5 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.46%) AIX
5 4 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (1.46%) Solaris
6 2 (0.73%) VMS
6 2 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (39.42%) Agile
2 79 (28.83%) Test Automation
3 59 (21.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 52 (18.98%) CI/CD
5 49 (17.88%) Scenario Testing
6 47 (17.15%) Integration Testing
6 47 (17.15%) Test Scripting
7 43 (15.69%) DevOps
8 39 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (13.87%) Software Testing
10 35 (12.77%) Scrum
11 33 (12.04%) Test Strategy
12 31 (11.31%) Continuous Integration
12 31 (11.31%) Unit Testing
13 28 (10.22%) Test Management
14 27 (9.85%) Functional Testing
15 26 (9.49%) Project Management
15 26 (9.49%) System Integration Testing
16 25 (9.12%) Microservices
17 24 (8.76%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 60 (21.90%) SQL
2 50 (18.25%) Python
3 46 (16.79%) Java
4 38 (13.87%) TypeScript
5 35 (12.77%) JavaScript
6 18 (6.57%) C#
7 12 (4.38%) Kotlin
8 10 (3.65%) C++
8 10 (3.65%) Scala
9 6 (2.19%) C
10 5 (1.82%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.09%) Bash
12 3 (1.09%) Perl
12 3 (1.09%) Ruby
13 2 (0.73%) Go
13 2 (0.73%) Groovy
13 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.36%) VB
14 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (17.15%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 33 (12.04%) Degree
4 23 (8.39%) ISTQB
5 11 (4.01%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.82%) ISEB
8 4 (1.46%) CIPD
8 4 (1.46%) HNC
8 4 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.73%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.52%) QA
2 15 (5.47%) GAAP
3 7 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.82%) PMO
6 4 (1.46%) SLA
7 2 (0.73%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.73%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.73%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 26 (9.49%) Docker
2 4 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.46%) VirtualBox
3 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (11.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.65%) Grafana
3 7 (2.55%) Prometheus
3 7 (2.55%) Terraform
3 7 (2.55%) Zipkin
4 6 (2.19%) Ansible
5 5 (1.82%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (1.46%) Tivoli
7 3 (1.09%) HP ALM
7 3 (1.09%) Nagios
7 3 (1.09%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.09%) Puppet
8 2 (0.73%) Istio
8 2 (0.73%) Kibana
9 1 (0.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 45 (16.42%) Oracle
2 32 (11.68%) SAP
3 22 (8.03%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.38%) OpenAI
5 10 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.28%) Splunk
7 8 (2.92%) Google
8 6 (2.19%) IBM
8 6 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.46%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.46%) F5
9 4 (1.46%) HP
9 4 (1.46%) NEC
10 3 (1.09%) Murex
10 3 (1.09%) New Relic
10 3 (1.09%) OpenText
10 3 (1.09%) VMware
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe
11 2 (0.73%) Confluent
11 2 (0.73%) Informatica