Systems Tester Contract Job Trends in Central London

System Tester
London > Central London

The median System Tester daily rate in Central London is £370, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.053% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - -
London median daily rate £370 £275 £475
% change year-on-year +34.55% -42.11% +48.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,766 2,182 2,804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 93.25% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,227 1,370 1,970
10th Percentile £327 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £678 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 24 17
10th Percentile £17.79 £21.29 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £30.19 £18.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -7.89% -6.17%
75th Percentile £36.00 £82.19 £52.50
90th Percentile £60.95 £129.85 £70.75
London median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £40.17
% change year-on-year -28.87% -6.64% +22.64%

Systems Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Systems Tester job vacancy trend in Central London

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in Central London

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in Central London

Systems Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, Systems 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 Central London region featuring Systems Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

Systems Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore