Tester Contracts in the City of London

Tester
Central London > City of London

The median Tester daily rate in the City of London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 99 142
Rank change year-on-year -7 +43 +27
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Tester 16 21 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.87% 1.02% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.08% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 21
10th Percentile £360 £221 £350
25th Percentile £394 £366 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £509
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -6.59% +1.45%
75th Percentile £502 £656 £613
90th Percentile £538 £743 £695
Central London median daily rate £438 £463 £509
% change year-on-year -5.41% -9.05% +1.45%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,722 1,947 3,016
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 94.65% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,136 1,279 2,074
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 12
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.87 £14.42
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.88 £20.09
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -27.03% -11.90%
75th Percentile £50.25 £89.06 £56.56
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £76.63
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.26% -23.94% -14.46%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the City of London

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in the City of London over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in the City of London

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 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 City of London region featuring Tester in the job title.

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

Tester 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:

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 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Billing
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) Automotive
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 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%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 5 (31.25%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) CRM
3 4 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Test Management
4 3 (18.75%) Validation
5 2 (12.50%) API Testing
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) ABAP
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) Python
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
2 3 (18.75%) QA
3 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 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
26 Tester jobs in London