Functional Testing Contracts in Surrey

Functional Testing
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.84% - 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £283 - -
25th Percentile £294 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £319
75th Percentile £344 - £391
90th Percentile £348 - £396
South East median daily rate £481 £444 £423
% change year-on-year +8.45% +5.03% -14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £20.50 - -
75th Percentile £21.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.50 - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -70.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 487 599 804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.26% 86.06% 90.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 457 564
10th Percentile £213 £200 £207
25th Percentile £365 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £501
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.40% +5.37%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £612
90th Percentile £700 £743 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 32 21
10th Percentile £11.71 £30.80 £17.54
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +87.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.63 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.51%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Surrey

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Surrey

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Surrey

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Redhill - 2 £325 - 1
Staines - 2 - -
Functional Testing
South East

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
1 2 (40.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) German Language
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Unix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Unix Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Business Development
3 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) HNC
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA