Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Functional Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.20% - 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £214 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 398 191 418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.97% 93.63% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 143 302
10th Percentile £274 £279 £279
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -3.55% +3.68%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £503 £493
% change year-on-year -0.50% +2.03% +2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 29
10th Percentile £15.69 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -19.45% +60.10%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £38.25 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% +59.38% +50.00%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint