Testing Consultant Contracts

Testing Consultant
UK

The median Testing Consultant daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 570 654
Rank change year-on-year +22 +84 +183
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Testing Consultant 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.008% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.008% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £403 £366 -
25th Percentile £406 £372 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% - -
75th Percentile £456 £397 -
90th Percentile £468 £399 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 -
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,897 36,109 48,486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.98% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,856 22,958 33,401
10th Percentile £278 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.01%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,579 1,930 1,501
10th Percentile £13.68 £14.16 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.08 £19.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%

Testing Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Testing Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Testing Consultant in the UK

Testing Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Testing Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Testing Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Testing Consultant
Top 6 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 26 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 7 £425 +9.68% 1
Work from Home - 5 £400 -
London +33 4 - -
UK excluding London +8 3 £425 +13.33% 1
North of England - 3 £425 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £425 - 1

Testing Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Testing Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Testing Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) QA
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) ITGC
3 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
4 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
5 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Fintech
5 1 (14.29%) Progress

Testing Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ITGC
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) SOC 1
2 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Progress
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow