Developer in Test Contract Job Trends in London

Developer in Test
England > London

The median Developer in Test daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 376 417
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 +151
Contract jobs requiring a Developer in Test 3 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.039% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.041% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £433 £371 £324
25th Percentile £463 £401 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -7.08%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £576
90th Percentile - £588 £590
England median daily rate £451 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.05% +5.56% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,705 14,579 19,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 93.97% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,430 9,421 13,857
10th Percentile £333 £338 £344
25th Percentile £425 £450 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -3.93% -0.43%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 224
10th Percentile £17.46 £17.25 £18.38
25th Percentile £21.25 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -0.66% +17.05%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

Developer in Test
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer in Test' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Developer in Test job vacancy trend in London

Developer in Test
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer in Test job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer in Test job vacancies in London

Developer in Test
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer in Test job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer in Test job vacancies in London

Developer in Test
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer in Test within the London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Central London - 1 £425 -
Developer in Test
England

Developer in Test Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Developer in Test 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 London region featuring Developer in Test in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Gatling
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) TestNG
3 1 (33.33%) BDD

Developer in Test Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Gatling
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
2 2 (66.67%) TestNG
3 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes