Functional Tester Contracts in the UK excluding London

Functional Tester
UK > UK excluding London

As of 18 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Functional Tester daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 451 522
Rank change year-on-year +47 +71 -98
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.004% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £295
25th Percentile - £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £368
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -21.81%
75th Percentile - £388 £397
90th Percentile - - £400
UK median daily rate £375 £600 £370
% change year-on-year -37.50% +62.16% -1.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,296 22,932 30,081
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.05% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,881 16,071 21,102
10th Percentile £213 £224 £200
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £573
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,186 1,194 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.10 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.27 £42.26 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +116.72% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £41.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.85 £59.01
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Functional Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Tester in the UK excluding London

Functional Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Tester in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Functional Tester in the UK excluding London

Functional Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Tester in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Tester in the UK excluding London

Functional Tester
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1
Functional Tester
UK

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Functional 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 UK excluding London region featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared