Systems Tester Contract Job Trends in England

System Tester
UK > England

The median System Tester daily rate in England is £370, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 508 578
Rank change year-on-year -26 +70 +175
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Tester 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.016% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.017% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £158 -
25th Percentile - £197 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £275 £475
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% -42.11% +24.18%
75th Percentile - £388 £488
90th Percentile - £448 -
UK median daily rate £370 £313 £475
% change year-on-year +18.40% -34.21% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £77.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 27,117 29,070 37,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.99% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,754 25,839
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,602 1,095 1,412
10th Percentile £14.09 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.63% -10.81% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.50 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.32% +54.84%

Systems Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Systems Tester job vacancy trend in England

Systems Tester
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in England

Systems Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Tester job vacancies in England

Systems 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 Systems Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
London -3 1 £370 +34.55% 5
Systems Tester
UK

Systems Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, Systems Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Systems Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

Systems Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sitecore