Testing Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Testing Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Testing Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 368 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Testing Consultant 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.006% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £406 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% - -
75th Percentile £456 £388 -
90th Percentile £468 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £388 -
% change year-on-year +9.68% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,834 16,773 20,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.27% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,454 10,091 13,819
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,264 1,650 1,165
10th Percentile £13.29 £13.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.34 £18.20 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.58% +68.04%

Testing Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Testing Consultant in the UK excluding London

Testing Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Testing Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Testing Consultant
DemandTrendContract 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 Testing Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 3 £425 - 1
North of England - 3 £425 - 1
Testing Consultant
UK

Testing Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, Testing Consultant 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 Testing Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) GRC
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Progress
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Testing Consultant 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Progress
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow