Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Functional Testing
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 2.44% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £630 -
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 87 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 82.93% 92.55% 77.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 56 58
10th Percentile £305 £249 £183
25th Percentile £363 £313 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +9.29% -12.86%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £550
90th Percentile £725 £620 £620
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -4.44% +4.55% -6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile £21.20 - -
25th Percentile £30.36 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £16.50
75th Percentile £49.13 - £30.25
90th Percentile £49.75 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.49 £22.01 £15.52
% change year-on-year +11.26% +41.82% -76.31%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Swindon

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (100.00%) Postman
1 4 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Salesforce Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Playwright
1 4 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) API Testing
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Conga
1 4 (100.00%) GoCardless
1 4 (100.00%) Salesforce