Tester
UK > England
The median Tester daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 274 | 284 | 265 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | -19 | +26 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester | 221 | 283 | 500 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.91% | 0.76% | 0.99% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.98% | 0.82% | 1.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 153 | 184 | 375 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £319 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £375 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £513 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £676 | £692 |
| UK median daily rate | £440 | £450 | £498 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -9.68% | +10.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.61 | £14.22 | £55.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.38 | £20.18 | £61.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.63 | £30.15 | £72.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.23% | -58.13% | +289.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.50 | £40.09 | £81.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £49.65 | £46.04 | £86.60 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.63 | £30.15 | £72.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.23% | -58.13% | +294.52% |
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 | 22,549 | 34,488 | 47,741 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.59% | 92.73% | 94.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,007 | 22,894 | 33,903 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £643 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £763 |
| UK median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 900 | 2,432 | 1,409 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £13.00 | £14.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.51 | £16.30 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.62 | £36.31 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.67% | -19.32% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £61.25 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.60 |
| UK median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in England.
Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in England.
Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Tester in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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 Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 | -1 | 110 | £450 | -5.26% | 25 |
| North of England | +24 | 45 | £425 | -5.56% | 18 |
| South East | +22 | 33 | £450 | +9.09% | 23 |
| Midlands | +33 | 23 | £475 | +30.14% | 13 |
| North West | +26 | 22 | £425 | +6.25% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +30 | 20 | £475 | +134.57% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 19 | £500 | +8.11% | 7 |
| South West | +39 | 5 | £300 | -43.66% | 7 |
| North East | +1 | 4 | £390 | -35.00% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 3 | £250 | -34.21% | 6 |
| East of England | +31 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Tester UK |
|||||
Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 1 May 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 England region featuring Tester in the job title.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||