Tester Contract Job Trends in West London

Tester
London > West London

The median Tester daily rate in West London is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 17 42
Rank change year-on-year -29 +25 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 2 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.69% 5.29% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 5.61% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile - £331 £361
25th Percentile £363 £338 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £341 £413
Median % change year-on-year +9.97% -17.33% -
75th Percentile £388 £344 £453
90th Percentile - £351 £474
London median daily rate £475 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +4.40% -17.27% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 249 196 366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.16% 94.23% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 148 266
10th Percentile £204 £206 £189
25th Percentile £400 £272 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £400 £495
Median % change year-on-year +30.63% -19.19% -1.00%
75th Percentile £625 £475 £592
90th Percentile £716 £576 £645
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 29
10th Percentile £19.14 £19.36 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.89 £16.86
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.93% -31.48% -47.58%
75th Percentile £29.73 £26.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.16 £30.48 £66.40
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £28.16
% change year-on-year -7.14% +24.31% -15.34%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Tester job vacancy trend in West London

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West London

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West London

Tester
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the West London region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Hillingdon - 2 £375 -
Tester
London

Tester Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, 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 West London region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA