Functional Testing Contracts in the South West

Functional Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 162 147
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 -26
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 9 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.28% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.32% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 13
10th Percentile £413 - £271
25th Percentile £431 £319 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +8.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £500
90th Percentile - £614 £524
England median daily rate £488 £575 £470
% change year-on-year -15.22% +22.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £45.12
England median hourly rate £57.50 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - -8.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,645 3,167 3,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.12% 89.56% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,324 2,293
10th Percentile £218 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.89%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £590
90th Percentile £700 £723 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 327 194
10th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.42 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +11.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.95
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in the South West

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Testing in the South West

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Devon - 6 £588 -
Bristol +9 2 £475 -13.64% 3
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 2 (22.22%) Cypress.io
3 2 (22.22%) JUnit
3 2 (22.22%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Test Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Senior
3 5 (55.56%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) SEO Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Power Platform Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Non-Functional Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (66.67%) Test Management
4 5 (55.56%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Agile
6 3 (33.33%) API Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (22.22%) SEO
7 2 (22.22%) Workflow
8 1 (11.11%) Migration
8 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
8 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
8 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 1 (11.11%) Use Case
8 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft