Component Testing Contracts in London

Component Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Component Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Component Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 388 486
Rank change year-on-year +47 +98 +106
Contract jobs citing Component Testing 12 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.017% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.019% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 7
10th Percentile £408 £540 £508
25th Percentile £430 £656 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £850 £700
Median % change year-on-year -44.12% +21.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £523 - £750
90th Percentile £571 - -
England median daily rate £475 £850 £568
% change year-on-year -44.12% +49.78% +8.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Component 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Component Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Component Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Component Testing in London

Component Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Component Testing in London.

Daily rate trend for Component Testing in London

Component Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Component Testing in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Component Testing in London

Component Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Component Testing in London.

Hourly rate trend for Component Testing in London

Component Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) AWS
2 5 (41.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (83.33%) Cypress.io
2 9 (75.00%) JIRA
3 7 (58.33%) Cucumber
4 5 (41.67%) JMeter
4 5 (41.67%) Postman
General
1 5 (41.67%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Tester
2 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Automation Test Lead
3 3 (25.00%) Automation Tester
3 3 (25.00%) Lead Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) QA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
3 6 (50.00%) BDD
3 6 (50.00%) Software Delivery
4 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (33.33%) DevOps
5 4 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (16.67%) API Integration
7 2 (16.67%) API Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Biometrics
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (16.67%) User Stories
8 1 (8.33%) Data-Driven Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft