Applications Tester Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Application Tester
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Application Tester daily rate in Cardiff is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 224 168 210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 93.85% 96.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 133 176
10th Percentile £206 £168 £185
25th Percentile £290 £230 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £425 £424
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% +0.29% -5.31%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £531
90th Percentile £638 £648 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £12.21 £21.35 £21.33
25th Percentile £13.18 £21.50 £26.31
Median hourly rate £14.83 £24.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.21% -31.91% +127.46%
75th Percentile £18.10 £27.50 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.58 £43.25 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £33.50
% change year-on-year -19.16% -24.30% +85.49%

Applications Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Applications Tester job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Applications Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Applications 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 Cardiff region featuring Applications Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Applications Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft