Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Functional Testing
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.36% 2.14% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 2.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £435 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.03% - -
South East median daily rate £439 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +3.24% +6.25% +6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 124 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.62% 88.57% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 79 162
10th Percentile £205 £284 £201
25th Percentile £353 £361 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £523
90th Percentile £720 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 12
10th Percentile - £16.37 £13.41
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.95 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.56 £21.74 £20.44
Median % change year-on-year +54.37% +6.37% -7.77%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.19 £22.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £85.50 £28.25
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -29.41% +14.86% -17.78%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Worthing -12 1 £483 +11.03% 1
Functional Testing
South East

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Revenue Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP