Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Functional Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 77 101
Rank change year-on-year -23 +24 +27
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 5 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.31% 0.70% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.84% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £624 - £472
25th Percentile £641 £306 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £313 £525
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -40.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £741 £319 £538
90th Percentile £761 - £560
England median daily rate £450 £464 £500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -7.25% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.63 - -
25th Percentile £19.70 - -
Median hourly rate £23.80 - -
75th Percentile £27.31 - -
90th Percentile £29.02 - -
England median hourly rate £37.55 - £23.86
% change year-on-year - - -10.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,350 956 1,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.38% 84.01% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 411 795
10th Percentile £187 £231 £247
25th Percentile £363 £338 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £585 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 184 359
10th Percentile £14.15 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%
75th Percentile £60.96 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Testing in the East of England

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Functional Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Functional Testing in the East of England

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Cambridgeshire -6 2 - - 5
Hertfordshire -22 2 £625 +100.00% 8
Bedfordshire - 1 £750 - 3
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IFS Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IFS