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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £400 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 25 September 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
25 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
197 |
208 |
200 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+11 |
-8 |
-17 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
1,481 |
1,269 |
1,395 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.44% |
1.29% |
1.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.52% |
1.36% |
1.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,045 |
761 |
883 |
| UK median daily rate |
£400 |
£360 |
£363 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
-0.69% |
+7.41% |
| 10th Percentile |
£270 |
£250 |
£225 |
| 90th Percentile |
£518 |
£513 |
£525 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£375 |
£339 |
£330 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.70% |
+2.65% |
+3.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
7 |
17 |
16 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£11.50 |
£13.00 |
£22.00 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-11.54% |
-40.91% |
-36.69% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.00 |
£10.00 |
£8.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87.00 |
£29.00 |
£42.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£20.50 |
£13.00 |
£31.19 |
| % change year-on-year |
+57.69% |
-58.31% |
-10.26% |
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 |
97,419 |
93,242 |
100,530 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.75% |
94.91% |
94.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
64,006 |
60,974 |
65,639 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£438 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+2.86% |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£269 |
£263 |
£255 |
| 90th Percentile |
£638 |
£625 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£415 |
£400 |
£390 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.75% |
+2.56% |
+4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3,159 |
2,792 |
3,173 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.94 |
£18.94 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-7.60% |
+0.03% |
+6.02% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.00 |
£10.75 |
£10.31 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.35 |
£48.75 |
£46.36 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
£18.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.78% |
-2.70% |
+5.71% |
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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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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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