Functional Testing Contracts in Cheshire

Functional Testing
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.19% - 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £426
25th Percentile - - £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £427
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.17%
75th Percentile - - £445
90th Percentile - - £478
North West median daily rate £403 £423 £423
% change year-on-year -4.73% - -3.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 440 493 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.78% 91.64% 85.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 332 253
10th Percentile £285 £264 £214
25th Percentile £400 £385 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +7.19% +2.97%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £630 £656 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +24.65% -19.50%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Cheshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Cheshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Cheshire

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Wilmslow - 1 £400 -
Functional Testing
North West

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce