Software Tester Contracts in Central London

Software Tester
London > Central London

The median Software Tester daily rate in Central London is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 - 195
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £563 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £575
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £475 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +4.63% +0.89% +24.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,323 3,673 4,299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.23% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,655 2,515 3,271
10th Percentile £342 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +4.91% +6.67%
75th Percentile £682 £725 £675
90th Percentile £795 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 27 53
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.63 £19.36 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -6.67% +108.62%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £86.32 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.64%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Central London

Software Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Software Tester in Central London

Software Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in Central London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Tester in Central London

Software Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Software Tester in Central London

Software Tester
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 Software Tester within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
City of London - 3 £750 -
Software Tester
London

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Software Tester 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 across the Central London region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Back Office
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) TestComplete
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) OpenLink
2 2 (66.67%) Endur
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Endur
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) TestComplete
General
1 2 (66.67%) Back Office
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) OpenLink
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle