Black-Box Testing
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Black-Box Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Black-Box Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 562 | 668 | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +106 | +166 | -179 |
| Contract jobs citing Black-Box Testing | 17 | 32 | 26 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.039% | 0.053% | 0.029% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.045% | 0.059% | 0.032% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 25 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £468 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | £525 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £363 | £650 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.23% | +73.33% | -11.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £400 | £675 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £453 | £738 | £523 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | -7.89% | +22.58% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £56.25 | - | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | - | £19.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | - | £21.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £57.50 | - | £19.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Black-Box 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,600 | 53,916 | 80,351 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.32% | 89.91% | 90.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,240 | 37,368 | 56,382 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,433 | 1,775 | 1,932 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.41% | +48.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59.50 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.29% | +75.00% | -8.34% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Black-Box Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Black-Box Testing.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Black-Box Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Black-Box Testing.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Black-Box Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +97 | 14 | £350 | -46.15% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +74 | 9 | £400 | -8.57% | 6 |
| London | +90 | 5 | £313 | -51.92% | |
| West Midlands | +33 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +30 | 5 | - | - | 4 |
| South West | - | 2 | £463 | - | |
| Work from Home | +116 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £400 | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: