Functional Testing Contracts in the North of England

Functional Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 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 168 181 198
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 -54
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 17 36 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.36% 0.62% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.68% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 31
10th Percentile £400 £378 £263
25th Percentile £401 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £517 £588 £463
90th Percentile £533 £658 £525
England median daily rate £500 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £79.17 - £41.62
England median hourly rate £57.50 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - -8.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,026 5,268 6,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.79% 90.69% 88.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,465 3,659 4,646
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 207 257
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £16.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.30 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.52% +58.38% +2.45%
75th Percentile £44.74 £47.25 £29.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.07
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West +25 8 £403 -4.17% 10
Yorkshire +6 6 £484 -3.30% 3
North East +15 4 £410 -28.70% 2
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.88%) Figma
1 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Cypress.io
1 3 (17.65%) Postman
1 3 (17.65%) Selenium
2 1 (5.88%) JMeter
2 1 (5.88%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Test Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Tester
4 3 (17.65%) QA Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) QA Test Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Automation Tester
5 2 (11.76%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Functional Test Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Telephony Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Test Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) CRM Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) CRM Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Functional Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Tester
6 1 (5.88%) QA Tester
6 1 (5.88%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.88%) Gherkin
2 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 6 (35.29%) Test Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
4 3 (17.65%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (17.65%) IT Audit
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 3 (17.65%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Scrum
4 3 (17.65%) Test Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
4 3 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) Defect Management
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C#
1 4 (23.53%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ISTQB
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) Wind River