System Testing Contracts in Central London

System Testing
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 159 184
Rank change year-on-year +29 +25 -25
Contract jobs citing System Testing 3 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% 0.39% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.43% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 7
10th Percentile £348 £313 £507
25th Percentile £353 £370 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £466 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.85% -15.23% +5.77%
75th Percentile £481 £720 £681
90th Percentile £485 £725 £725
London median daily rate £435 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -19.07% -2.27% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

System 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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,190 3,501 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.61% 91.34% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,562 2,371 3,191
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 42
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £29.11 £57.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.43
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in Central London

System Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for System Testing in Central London

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in Central London

System Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
City of London +35 3 £425 -8.85% 2
System Testing
London

System Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) WhatsApp
2 1 (33.33%) Boomi
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle