Functional Testing Contracts in Wales

Functional Testing
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 43 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - -16
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.20% - 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% - 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £528
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.16%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - £649
UK median daily rate £494 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -10.23% +15.79% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 332 554 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 80.00% 86.02% 83.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 425 618
10th Percentile £162 £184 £200
25th Percentile £325 £335 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £570 £565 £575
90th Percentile £662 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 30 34
10th Percentile £11.69 £14.13 £13.32
25th Percentile £14.57 £16.98 £18.57
Median hourly rate £21.49 £18.82 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% -24.74% +40.85%
75th Percentile £50.81 £25.00 £30.13
90th Percentile £86.18 £48.88 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Wales

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Wales

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Wales

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales - 5 - - 1
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Test Technician