Developer in Test Contracts in the City of London

Developer in Test
Central London > City of London

The median Developer in Test daily rate in the City of London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - 175
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Developer in Test 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% - 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £553
25th Percentile £413 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £438 - £738
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £425 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

Developer in Test
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Developer in Test in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Test in the City of London

Developer in Test
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Developer in Test in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Developer in Test in the City of London

Developer in Test Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Developer in Test 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 City of London region featuring Developer in Test in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) WebStorm
2 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services

Developer in Test Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) WebStorm
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA