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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 16 November 2019. 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
16 Nov 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
233 |
176 |
203 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-57 |
+27 |
-4 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
956 |
1,652 |
1,357 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.15% |
1.59% |
1.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.22% |
1.68% |
1.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
598 |
1,144 |
864 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£400 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.67% |
+2.74% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£275 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£538 |
£525 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£380 |
£350 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.32% |
+8.57% |
+6.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
14 |
13 |
19 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£13.10 |
£20.50 |
£13.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-36.10% |
+57.69% |
-59.38% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.75 |
£10.60 |
£11.60 |
| 90th Percentile |
£35.00 |
£28.75 |
£44.85 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£13.15 |
£20.50 |
£13.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-35.85% |
+51.85% |
-60.72% |
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 |
78,405 |
98,494 |
97,717 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.09% |
94.76% |
94.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
51,318 |
64,958 |
64,391 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£450 |
£448 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.78% |
+0.56% |
+5.29% |
| 10th Percentile |
£256 |
£269 |
£261 |
| 90th Percentile |
£644 |
£638 |
£625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
+2.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,923 |
3,077 |
2,923 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.71 |
£18.00 |
£18.70 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+9.50% |
-3.74% |
+3.89% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
£10.96 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.50 |
£48.75 |
£47.97 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.00 |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
-2.78% |
+2.86% |
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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 16 November 2019.
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 16 November 2019.
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 16 November 2019. 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 16 November 2019, 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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