Junior Tester Contracts in England

Junior Tester
UK > England

The median Junior Tester daily rate in England is £138 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 644 759
Rank change year-on-year +108 +115 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Tester 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.002% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.002% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £116 - £167
25th Percentile £122 £213 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £138 £225 £256
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -12.20% -26.79%
75th Percentile £147 £238 £321
90th Percentile £149 - £324
UK median daily rate £138 £338 £213
% change year-on-year -59.26% +58.82% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.75
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £16.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,087 46,245 67,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,605 32,838 47,758
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £761 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,370 1,849
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.49 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.80
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Junior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior Tester in England.

Daily rate trend for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior Tester in England.

Hourly rate trend for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
London - 2 £138 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
Junior Tester
UK

Junior Tester Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Junior 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 England region featuring Junior Tester in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Google Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Swagger
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Billing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing

Junior Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Pay
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Billing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google