Design for Test Contracts in England

Design for Testability (DFT)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Design for Test skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design for Test over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 632 772
Rank change year-on-year - +140 -133
Contract jobs citing Design for Test 0 15 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England - 0.031% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.035% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £663 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £289
Median % change year-on-year - +133.32% -55.49%
75th Percentile - £688 £307
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £675 £289
% change year-on-year - +133.32% -55.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Design for Test 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design for Test as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Test in England

Design for Test
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design for Test in England.

Daily rate trend for Design for Test in England

Design for Test
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design for Test in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design for Test in England