Guerrilla Testing Contract Job Trends

Guerrilla Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Guerrilla Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 528 590
Rank change year-on-year -61 +62 +146
Contract jobs citing Guerrilla Testing 3 1 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.003% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.004% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile £386 - -
25th Percentile £387 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% - -39.66%
75th Percentile £394 - £400
90th Percentile £397 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £350
% change year-on-year - - -24.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Guerrilla 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,951 27,281 38,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.91% 89.56% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,148 16,723 25,428
10th Percentile £310 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -2.59% -1.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,114 833 2,148
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.29% -12.06% +7.63%

Guerrilla Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Guerrilla Testing job vacancy trend in the UK

Guerrilla Testing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Guerrilla Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Guerrilla Testing

Guerrilla Testing
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Guerrilla Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 17 February 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
England -76 2 £394 +12.43%
London -30 1 £400 +14.29%
Work from Home - 1 £386 -

Guerrilla Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Design Persona
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (100.00%) Market Research
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 3 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft