Tester Contracts in Central London

Tester
London > Central London

The median Tester daily rate in Central London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 109 144
Rank change year-on-year -13 +35 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 16 24 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.78% 1.05% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.10% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 20
10th Percentile £360 £223 £348
25th Percentile £394 £355 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% -0.05% +7.38%
75th Percentile £502 £738 £617
90th Percentile £538 £752 £695
London median daily rate £456 £453 £525
% change year-on-year +0.66% -13.81% +16.67%

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 1,903 2,175 3,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 94.81% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,467 2,280
10th Percentile £325 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.68%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £19.60 £14.67
25th Percentile £23.25 £22.84 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -22.86% -15.66%
75th Percentile £39.88 £65.63 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £80.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £33.29 £37.34
% change year-on-year -12.66% -10.86% +14.89%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Central London

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Central London

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Central London over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Central London

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Central London

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 Tester within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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 -6 15 £438 -20.45% 1
Tester
London

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, 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 Tester in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
3 6 (37.50%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) JIRA
4 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (31.25%) SDLC
5 4 (25.00%) NIST
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Validation
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (25.00%) Java
5 4 (25.00%) CRM
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) CISA
6 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Billing
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) COBIT
6 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Test Management
6 3 (18.75%) Selenium
6 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
6 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (6.25%) ProductWriter
2 1 (6.25%) SAP CRM
2 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
2 3 (18.75%) Selenium
3 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (12.50%) Postman
3 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (6.25%) Appium
4 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (6.25%) Gatling
4 1 (6.25%) Git
4 1 (6.25%) GitLab
4 1 (6.25%) Hamcrest
4 1 (6.25%) JUnit
4 1 (6.25%) REST Assured
4 1 (6.25%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (6.25%) SonarQube
4 1 (6.25%) TestRail
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Billing
4 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ADO
2 1 (6.25%) Flutter
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 5 (31.25%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Validation
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Test Management
5 2 (12.50%) API Testing
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) QA Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) ABAP
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CISA
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) OSCP
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) COBIT
3 2 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
4 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Workday
3 1 (6.25%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) Splunk