Functional Testing Contracts in Central London

Functional Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 123 147
Rank change year-on-year +2 +24 +22
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 8 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.40% 0.41% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.45% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 14
10th Percentile £500 £442 £513
25th Percentile £631 £505 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £754 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year +43.52% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £825 £550 £700
90th Percentile - £640 £738
London median daily rate £550 £513 £625
% change year-on-year +7.32% -18.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.00 - -
London median hourly rate £31.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Central London

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Central London

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Testing in Central London

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Central London

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +7 8 £754 +43.52% 1
Functional Testing
London

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Workspace
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Appium
2 1 (12.50%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Back Office
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) Front Office
5 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Credit Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Project Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) FIX Protocol
1 3 (37.50%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) E-Commerce
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Electronic Trading
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) API Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Case Management
5 1 (12.50%) Housing Management
5 1 (12.50%) QA Automation
5 1 (12.50%) SDLC
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Ticket Management
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) ABAP
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Civica
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP