Senior Tester Contracts in South London

Senior Tester
London > South London

The median Senior Tester daily rate in South London is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 41 54
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Tester 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 0.54% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.42% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £380 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -10.59% +3.03%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £341 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -40.70% - +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 171 236 355
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 97.52% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 157 278
10th Percentile £224 £202 £213
25th Percentile £425 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £749 £638 £775
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 14
10th Percentile £22.49 £17.00 £16.13
25th Percentile £24.41 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £22.98
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% +2.26% -51.55%
75th Percentile £30.80 £75.00 £50.42
90th Percentile £32.72 £83.75 £52.21
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Job postings that featured Senior Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in South London

Senior Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Tester in South London.

Daily rate trend for Senior Tester in South London

Senior Tester
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the South London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Croydon +7 1 £380 -
Senior Tester
London

Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South London region featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) PuTTY
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

Senior Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) PuTTY
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA