Software Tester Contract Job Trends in North London

Software Tester
London > North London

The median Software Tester daily rate in North London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in North London 3.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £431 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +23.21% -41.67% +60.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North 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 North London with a recognized job title 27 19 21
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 95.00% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 19
10th Percentile £214 £292 £248
25th Percentile £400 £527 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +44.74% -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £494
90th Percentile £571 - £591
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
London median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.47%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Software Tester job vacancy trend in North London

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend in North London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in North London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in North London

Software Tester
Contract Job Locations in North London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the North London region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Enfield - 1 £525 -
Software Tester
London

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North London

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Software Tester 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 North London region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA