Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Functional Testing
West Midlands > Shropshire

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.53% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 - -
75th Percentile £502 - -
90th Percentile £504 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £500 £612
% change year-on-year -3.80% -18.30% +53.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 654 183 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 86.62% 93.37% 71.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 129 56
10th Percentile £358 £323 £180
25th Percentile £413 £405 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £358
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +43.16% -33.70%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £503
90th Percentile £626 £549 £519
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 1
10th Percentile £15.39 £26.13 -
25th Percentile £25.54 £27.59 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% +123.61% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £36.30 -
90th Percentile £60.50 £38.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year +25.31% +15.90% -23.64%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
Telford - 4 £491 - 1
Functional Testing
West Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP PSCD
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) SAP PI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) IDoc
1 4 (100.00%) JDBC
1 4 (100.00%) REST
1 4 (100.00%) SAP PI
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CRM
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) ABAP
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) webMethods