Applications Tester Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Application Tester
Central London > City of London

The median Application Tester daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.13% - 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile - - £204
25th Percentile £525 - £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
75th Percentile £575 - £744
90th Percentile - - £765
Central London median daily rate £550 - £400

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,115 1,645 1,982
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 93.84% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,105 1,246
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £456 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £783
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 14
10th Percentile - £17.08 £15.95
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.75 £22.28
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.15 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.07% -14.05% -7.75%
75th Percentile £35.92 £56.75 £89.06
90th Percentile £62.50 £65.57 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £31.03 £27.83 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.53% -20.50% -

Applications Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Applications Tester job vacancy trend in the City of London

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Tester job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Tester job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Tester job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Tester job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Tester Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2026, Applications 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 City of London region featuring Applications Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 3 (100.00%) Insurtech
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security

Applications Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 3 (100.00%) Insurtech
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security