Senior Tester Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Senior Tester
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The median Senior Tester daily rate in Canary Wharf is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 1.85% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £445 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Canary Wharf

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Canary Wharf. 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 Canary Wharf with a recognized job title 45 46 157
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.33% 76.67% 94.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 141
10th Percentile £394 £260 £450
25th Percentile £495 £450 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +17.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £590 £650
90th Percentile £1,000 £668 £743
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +17.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £31.12 - £15.13
25th Percentile £40.08 - £16.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £18.93
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £61.00 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £43.50 - £18.93

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

Senior Tester job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Senior Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Canary Wharf region featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Senior Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA