Functional Testing Contracts in Northamptonshire

Functional Testing
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.73% 0.43% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £399 - -
25th Percentile £415 £355 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £360 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.06% - -
75th Percentile £472 £365 -
90th Percentile £489 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £443 £360 £260
% change year-on-year +23.06% +38.46% -40.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 205 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 89.62% 88.74% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 156 269
10th Percentile £268 £187 £228
25th Percentile £356 £280 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £370 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -17.78% +21.62%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £520
90th Percentile £620 £575 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £419 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -6.89% +2.27% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 28
10th Percentile £10.90 £17.88 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.06 £14.68
Median hourly rate £28.64 £51.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -43.85% +101.98% -43.89%
75th Percentile £51.50 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £52.10 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £18.56 £17.50
% change year-on-year -5.70% +6.04% +9.38%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Northamptonshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Northamptonshire

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Northampton +8 5 £443 +23.06%
Functional Testing
East Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Automation Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow