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The median contractor rate for a Tester was £388 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
215 |
181 |
204 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-34 |
+23 |
-9 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Tester |
1,282 |
1,340 |
1,359 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.27% |
1.46% |
1.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.34% |
1.54% |
1.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
858 |
794 |
946 |
| UK median daily rate |
£388 |
£350 |
£340 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+10.71% |
+2.94% |
+6.25% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£208 |
£221 |
| 90th Percentile |
£513 |
£488 |
£475 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£350 |
£325 |
£325 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.69% |
- |
+8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
11 |
12 |
19 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£30.00 |
£42.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+41.67% |
-29.41% |
+49.12% |
| 10th Percentile |
£12.00 |
£14.55 |
£10.30 |
| 90th Percentile |
£175.00 |
£75.00 |
£175.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£21.13 |
£43.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+101.14% |
-50.86% |
+50.88% |
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 |
95,967 |
87,286 |
100,704 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
94.93% |
94.87% |
95.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
63,128 |
56,707 |
64,982 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£425 |
£420 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+1.19% |
+5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£263 |
£258 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£635 |
£613 |
£600 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£410 |
£400 |
£385 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.50% |
+3.90% |
+2.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
2,951 |
3,004 |
3,304 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£18.98 |
£19.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-2.53% |
-2.67% |
+14.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£10.76 |
£10.75 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£48.57 |
£48.75 |
£48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£17.50 |
£18.00 |
£19.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.78% |
-5.26% |
+15.15% |
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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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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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