Test Assurance Contracts in the City of London

Test Assurance
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 170 187
Rank change year-on-year +49 +17 -34
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.028% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.030% 0.10%
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
Central London median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - -20.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,968 3,305 3,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.57% 91.53% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 2,228 2,947
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the City of London

Test Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Assurance in the City of London

Test Assurance
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:

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%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
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