Functional Testing Contracts in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.90% - 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £314 - -
25th Percentile £322 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £341 - £383
75th Percentile £355 - £384
90th Percentile £360 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £360 £260
% change year-on-year +11.11% +38.46% -44.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 120 161 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 75.95% 92.53% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 139 187
10th Percentile £208 £245 £190
25th Percentile £258 £325 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £403
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.86% +17.52%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £485
90th Percentile £625 £552 £585
East Midlands median daily rate £412 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -8.44% +2.27% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 10
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.85 £14.82
25th Percentile £16.25 £16.02 £16.38
Median hourly rate £21.50 £20.46 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% -5.93% +35.94%
75th Percentile £25.50 £23.24 £43.13
90th Percentile £27.45 £46.25 £46.67
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £18.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -6.25% +36.89%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Leicestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Leicester - 3 £341 - 1
Functional Testing
East Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) JMeter
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
1 2 (66.67%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Automation Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Tester
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Biometrics
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA