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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 27 May 2020. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Tester UK |
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6 months to
27 May 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
211 |
188 |
217 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-23 |
+29 |
-26 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
569 |
1,345 |
1,264 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK |
1.21% |
1.48% |
1.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.29% |
1.57% |
1.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
385 |
840 |
852 |
| Median daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£395 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+1.27% |
+12.86% |
| 10th Percentile |
£286 |
£281 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£550 |
£538 |
£500 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£375 |
£361 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.01% |
+10.93% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
7 |
9 |
9 |
| Median hourly rate |
£47.00 |
£13.10 |
£42.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+258.78% |
-69.18% |
+120.04% |
| 10th Percentile |
£17.97 |
£10.75 |
£22.58 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.78 |
£44.50 |
£175.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£47.00 |
£13.10 |
£35.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+258.78% |
-63.10% |
+128.44% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
44,123 |
85,729 |
95,580 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.63% |
94.53% |
94.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
27,759 |
56,423 |
62,725 |
| Median daily rate |
£465 |
£473 |
£450 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
-1.59% |
+5.00% |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£275 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£634 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£413 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1,835 |
2,745 |
3,002 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.50 |
£19.00 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+13.16% |
+5.56% |
-5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£11.17 |
£10.80 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£50.00 |
£47.83 |
| Median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£18.00 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
+2.86% |
-2.78% |
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Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester.
Tester
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 27 May 2020.
Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester.
Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 27 May 2020.
Tester
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 27 May 2020, Tester contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Tester in the job title.
Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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