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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
198 |
213 |
198 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+15 |
-15 |
+23 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
1,304 |
1,342 |
1,268 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.40% |
1.29% |
1.33% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.49% |
1.37% |
1.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
804 |
912 |
745 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£388 |
£350 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.23% |
+10.71% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£278 |
£263 |
£213 |
| 90th Percentile |
£538 |
£500 |
£492 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£360 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
+10.77% |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
5 |
11 |
15 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£13.10 |
£36.00 |
£25.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-63.61% |
+44.00% |
-37.50% |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.05 |
£10.50 |
£10.20 |
| 90th Percentile |
£50.90 |
£175.00 |
£75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£13.10 |
£35.00 |
£18.61 |
| % change year-on-year |
-62.57% |
+88.12% |
-57.23% |
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 |
87,723 |
98,311 |
90,186 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.50% |
94.85% |
94.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
57,713 |
64,370 |
58,435 |
| UK median daily rate |
£470 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+4.44% |
+5.88% |
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| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£269 |
£263 |
| 90th Percentile |
£650 |
£638 |
£619 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£413 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.03% |
+3.13% |
+3.23% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,923 |
3,167 |
2,924 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.73 |
£18.11 |
£18.70 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+8.95% |
-3.16% |
-4.10% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£52.14 |
£48.75 |
£50.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£17.50 |
£17.77 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.71% |
-1.52% |
-6.47% |
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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 17 July 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 17 July 2019.
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 17 July 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 17 July 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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