Test Assurance Contracts in Central London

Test Assurance
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Test Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Assurance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 175 194
Rank change year-on-year +48 +19 -35
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% 0.026% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.028% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.93%
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - £615
London median daily rate £408 £538 £438
% change year-on-year -24.19% +22.86% -20.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Test Assurance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,197 3,522 4,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.56% 91.36% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,565 2,378 3,189
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.44% +9.43%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 41
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.75
London median hourly rate £29.00 £39.00 £36.41
% change year-on-year -25.64% +7.11% +12.03%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in Central London

Test Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Test Assurance in Central London

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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 +51 3 - -
Test Assurance
London

Test Assurance
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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) QA Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Strategy Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Transition Management
2 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle