Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.63% - 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% - 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £319
75th Percentile - - £346
90th Percentile - - £357
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £825 £400
% change year-on-year -46.91% +106.25% -13.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 99 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.76% 77.95% 74.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 61 77
10th Percentile £169 £132 £183
25th Percentile £313 £250 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £449
Median % change year-on-year - -5.35% +6.90%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £525
90th Percentile £634 £585 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £410 £445
% change year-on-year +15.85% -7.87% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £16.31 £19.03 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.88 £19.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.70 £20.90 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.75% -8.13% +11.19%
75th Percentile £30.94 £22.60 £25.56
90th Percentile £33.75 £24.94 £27.48
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £20.67 £17.25
% change year-on-year -11.40% +19.80% -55.19%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Functional Testing

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 24 July 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
Leicester - 1 £438 - 2
Functional Testing
East Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
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%) 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