Hybrid/Remote Functional Tester Contract Job Trends

Functional Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Functional Tester daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 310 339
Rank change year-on-year -56 +29 -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.022% 0.010% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.011% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £258 - -
25th Percentile £312 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £409 - £388
90th Percentile £415 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £260
% change year-on-year +6.67% +44.23% -56.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,600 9,494 12,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.81% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,961 6,353 8,771
10th Percentile £356 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £619 £627 £631
90th Percentile £715 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 651 283 451
10th Percentile £17.01 £13.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £17.21 £25.01
Median hourly rate £58.00 £33.99 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +70.66% -24.04% -10.52%
75th Percentile £72.24 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +73.72% -37.63% -7.70%

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Functional Tester' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Functional Tester job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Functional Tester job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Functional Tester job vacancies

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Functional Tester over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Functional Tester daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Functional 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) API Management
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce