Functional Tester Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Functional Tester
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Functional Tester daily rate in Leicester is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.22% - 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% - 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £438 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 77 70 98
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 79.55% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 42 71
10th Percentile £308 £123 £266
25th Percentile £400 £250 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £488 £570
90th Percentile £700 £580 £625
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £386 £449
% change year-on-year +10.03% -13.98% +5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £13.52 - £14.98
25th Percentile £16.51 - £19.81
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.02%
75th Percentile £22.00 - £27.81
90th Percentile £23.58 - £28.38
Leicestershire median hourly rate £16.28 £20.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -21.57% -17.00% +23.03%

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Functional 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 Leicester region featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared