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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £413 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 20 January 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
20 Jan 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
169 |
206 |
181 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+37 |
-25 |
-9 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
1,631 |
1,311 |
1,443 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.66% |
1.32% |
1.49% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.76% |
1.39% |
1.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,088 |
869 |
894 |
| UK median daily rate |
£413 |
£375 |
£350 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
+7.14% |
+2.94% |
| 10th Percentile |
£298 |
£250 |
£213 |
| 90th Percentile |
£525 |
£525 |
£500 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£398 |
£350 |
£338 |
| % change year-on-year |
+13.57% |
+3.70% |
+3.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
16 |
16 |
22 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£16.85 |
£13.00 |
£30.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+29.62% |
-56.67% |
-22.08% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.75 |
£12.00 |
£8.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£30.00 |
£46.50 |
£43.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£20.50 |
£13.00 |
£33.19 |
| % change year-on-year |
+57.69% |
-60.83% |
-13.81% |
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 |
92,806 |
94,351 |
91,840 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.67% |
94.89% |
94.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
61,342 |
62,670 |
59,948 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£450 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+3.03% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£260 |
£253 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£400 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
- |
+5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,828 |
2,778 |
3,240 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.70 |
£18.50 |
£18.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+1.08% |
+2.78% |
-4.48% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£47.83 |
£47.03 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
£17.50 |
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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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 January 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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