Tester Contract Job Trends in Woking

Tester
Surrey > Woking

The median Tester daily rate in Woking is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Woking 6.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £425 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +120.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Woking

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Woking. 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 Woking with a recognized job title 13 19 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.67% 95.00% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 11
10th Percentile £317 £228 £190
25th Percentile £425 £395 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% +19.13% +100.00%
75th Percentile £609 £565 £451
90th Percentile £655 £708 £625
Surrey median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Woking

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

Tester job vacancy trend in Woking

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Woking

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Woking

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in Woking

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Woking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Woking

Tester Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking

For the 6 months to 7 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 Woking region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SLA