Test Specialist Contracts in London

Test Specialist
England > London

The median Test Specialist daily rate in London is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 494 581
Rank change year-on-year +108 +87 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 9 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.051% 0.030% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.031% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £392 £389 -
25th Percentile £418 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £462 £445
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +3.82% -15.24%
75th Percentile £493 £488 £511
90th Percentile £497 £495 £555
England median daily rate £475 £462 £473
% change year-on-year +2.81% -2.22% +7.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £66.00 - -
England median hourly rate £66.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,599 25,655 37,115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 95.29% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,582 27,076
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £441 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £677
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 289 450
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.48
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Test Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London - 2 £475 -
Test Specialist
England

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Test Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) QA
2 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) JMeter
4 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) API Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Jest
5 2 (22.22%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (22.22%) Gherkin
5 2 (22.22%) Docker
5 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (22.22%) GitLab
5 2 (22.22%) BT
5 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
5 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) JUnit
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Selenium
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Test Management

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
2 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
2 2 (22.22%) Cypress.io
2 2 (22.22%) GitLab
2 2 (22.22%) JUnit
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
3 1 (11.11%) Git
3 1 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (11.11%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Gherkin
1 2 (22.22%) Jest
1 2 (22.22%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) LDAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) API Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Generative AI
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Test Management
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) ETL
4 1 (11.11%) Process Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
2 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Grafana
1 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) BT