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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 14 November 2018. 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
14 Nov 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
173 |
204 |
191 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+31 |
-13 |
-21 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
1,646 |
1,348 |
1,450 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.58% |
1.31% |
1.37% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.66% |
1.38% |
1.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,141 |
854 |
907 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£375 |
£365 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+6.67% |
+2.74% |
+10.61% |
| 10th Percentile |
£271 |
£250 |
£200 |
| 90th Percentile |
£525 |
£525 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£378 |
£350 |
£330 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.86% |
+6.06% |
+2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
13 |
19 |
21 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£20.50 |
£13.00 |
£32.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+57.69% |
-59.38% |
+6.67% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.60 |
£11.60 |
£8.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£28.75 |
£44.85 |
£44.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£20.50 |
£13.50 |
£34.37 |
| % change year-on-year |
+51.85% |
-60.72% |
+14.57% |
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 |
98,884 |
97,779 |
100,179 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.76% |
94.91% |
94.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
65,251 |
64,406 |
65,253 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£445 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+1.12% |
+4.71% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£262 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£390 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
+2.56% |
+4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,108 |
2,926 |
3,323 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£18.70 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-3.74% |
+3.89% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.96 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£47.92 |
£47.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.77 |
£17.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.52% |
+1.54% |
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Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Tester.
Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 14 November 2018.
Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester.
Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 14 November 2018.
Tester
Top 16 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 14 November 2018. 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 14 November 2018, 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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