Test Coordinator Contracts

Testing Coordinator
UK

The median Testing Coordinator daily rate in the UK is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 698 848
Rank change year-on-year +132 +150 -182
Contract jobs requiring a Test Coordinator 13 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.003% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.004% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 10
10th Percentile - - £150
25th Percentile £310 - £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £363
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +10.34% +8.86%
75th Percentile £515 - £494
90th Percentile £725 - £590
UK excluding London median daily rate £321 £400 £150
% change year-on-year -19.88% +166.67% -50.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Test Coordinator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Coordinator over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Coordinator 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 +126 13 £463 +15.63% 1
UK excluding London +75 7 £321 -19.88% 1
London - 5 £463 -
East Midlands - 4 £321 -
Midlands - 4 £321 -
East of England - 3 £700 -
Work from Home +121 2 £438 +9.38%

Test Coordinator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Test Coordinator 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 featuring Test Coordinator in the job title.

1 4 (30.77%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
2 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Test Management
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) ADO
4 1 (7.69%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Context-Driven Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (7.69%) Functional Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Advertising
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Agile

Test Coordinator Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (7.69%) Advertising
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
2 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Test Management
4 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Context-Driven Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
4 1 (7.69%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Functional Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Remote Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow