Test Coordinator Contracts

Testing Coordinator
UK

The median Testing Coordinator daily rate in the UK is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 569 716
Rank change year-on-year +58 +147 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Test Coordinator 9 13 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.030% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.032% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 1
10th Percentile £310 - -
25th Percentile £313 £310 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £445 £515 -
90th Percentile £506 £725 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £321 £400
% change year-on-year +24.80% -19.88% +166.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Test Coordinator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Test Coordinator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Coordinator.

Daily rate trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Coordinator over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Coordinator.

Hourly rate trend for Test Coordinator in the UK

Test Coordinator
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Coordinator within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +53 9 £363 -21.62% 2
UK excluding London +63 7 £400 +24.80% 2
South East - 5 £325 -
Work from Home +43 4 £325 -25.71%
London +35 2 £325 -29.73%
North of England - 1 £400 - 1
North West - 1 £400 -
South West - 1 £500 - 1

Test Coordinator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Coordinator 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 featuring Test Coordinator in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 1 (11.11%) JIRA
5 1 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Defect Management

Test Coordinator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Defect Management
5 1 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (11.11%) APMG
3 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP