Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Wales

Functional Testing
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 36 40
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.91% 0.35% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.40% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile - £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £369 £538 -
90th Percentile £403 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 418 252 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 76.28% 88.11% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 176 211
10th Percentile £250 £185 £166
25th Percentile £363 £285 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £541 £500 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 27 31
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £14.78
Median hourly rate £21.25 £21.01 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% -6.62% +19.59%
75th Percentile £36.70 £35.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £86.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Wales

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Wales region over the 6 months to 7 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales -7 5 £350 -33.33% 1
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Postman
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Defect Management
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) Traceability Matrix
2 4 (80.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft