Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Functional Testing
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 0.55% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £475 £612
% change year-on-year +1.26% -22.39% +53.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 44 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 91.16% 77.19% 74.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 22 46
10th Percentile £178 £140 £128
25th Percentile £263 £153 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £230 £390
Median % change year-on-year +95.65% -41.03% -22.00%
75th Percentile £609 £484 £509
90th Percentile £850 £601 £594
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 5
10th Percentile £13.10 £24.43 £22.65
25th Percentile £17.74 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £19.41 £30.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -35.30% -11.58% +23.38%
75th Percentile £21.79 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £45.00 £34.68 £43.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.60 £23.70 £25.15
% change year-on-year +24.92% -5.79% -8.54%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Cannock - 1 £200 -
Functional Testing
West Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP