Test Coordinator Contract Job Trends in England

Testing Coordinator
UK > England

The median Testing Coordinator daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 496 530
Rank change year-on-year -40 +34 +204
Contract jobs requiring a Test Coordinator 6 5 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.019% 0.018% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.019% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile - £330 £300
25th Percentile - £356 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £404
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -0.93% -41.27%
75th Percentile £438 £475 £542
90th Percentile £520 £520 £725
UK median daily rate £300 £388 £404
% change year-on-year -22.58% -4.02% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £27.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,978 26,109 33,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 92.88% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,528 16,189 23,132
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
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 1,750 814 1,430
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +40.01%
75th Percentile £61.23 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.41 £74.31 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +41.93%

Test Coordinator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Test Coordinator job vacancy trend in England

Test Coordinator
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Coordinator job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Coordinator job vacancies in England

Test Coordinator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Coordinator in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Coordinator in England

Test Coordinator
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Coordinator job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Coordinator job vacancies in England

Test Coordinator
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 Test Coordinator within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South East - 3 £300 -
South West - 3 - - 2
Test Coordinator
UK

Test Coordinator Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Test Coordinator 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 Test Coordinator in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing

Test Coordinator 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared