Functional Testing Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Functional Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

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

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 67 63
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 -10
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 3 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.63% 1.26% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.34% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 10
10th Percentile - £312 £294
25th Percentile - £313 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £343 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -8.67% -7.41%
75th Percentile - £351 £478
90th Percentile - £399 £482
South East median daily rate £475 £400 £424
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.66% -13.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Functional 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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 394 819 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 82.60% 93.92% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 661 531
10th Percentile £257 £313 £220
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +3.26%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £555
90th Percentile £686 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 37
10th Percentile £15.85 - £10.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -7.15% -17.03%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £14.51
90th Percentile £48.75 - £25.29
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Buckinghamshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Buckinghamshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Buckinghamshire

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
High Wycombe - 2 - -
Milton Keynes +16 1 - - 1
Functional Testing
South East

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Test Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared