Tester Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Tester
Warwickshire > Warwick

The median Tester daily rate in Warwick is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 1.43% - 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% - 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £400 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £725
75th Percentile £500 - £738
90th Percentile £530 - -
Warwickshire median daily rate £525 - £725
% change year-on-year - - +145.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwick. 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.

Contract vacancies in Warwick with a recognized job title 242 174 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.74% 90.16% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 85 81
10th Percentile £350 £413 £150
25th Percentile £400 £500 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £688 £718 £738
Warwickshire median daily rate £525 £551 £500
% change year-on-year -4.72% +10.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 1
10th Percentile £45.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.91% +19.10% +21.21%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £32.53 -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £40.46 £23.82 £20.00
% change year-on-year +69.86% +19.10% +21.21%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick.

Tester job vacancy trend in Warwick

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Warwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Warwick

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwick

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Warwick over the 6 months to 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Warwick

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick

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

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Maximo
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) ADO
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
1 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow