Functional Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Functional Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 261 346
Rank change year-on-year +10 +85 -27
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 53 84 132
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.55% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 61 90
10th Percentile £375 £383 £355
25th Percentile £403 £413 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £589 £619 £568
90th Percentile £694 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Functional Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Testing.

Functional Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Functional Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Functional Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Testing.

Functional Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (32.08%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Fusion 360
2 1 (1.89%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (3.77%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.89%) Aladdin
3 1 (1.89%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.89%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.89%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.89%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.89%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) AWS
1 5 (9.43%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (7.55%) GitHub
2 4 (7.55%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (7.55%) Sentry
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.89%) BrowserStack
4 1 (1.89%) OCI
4 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
4 1 (1.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (7.55%) Redis
3 2 (3.77%) MS Access
4 1 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.89%) IDMS
4 1 (1.89%) InfluxDB
4 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.89%) Power BI
4 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (45.28%) JIRA
2 14 (26.42%) Visual Studio
3 5 (9.43%) Jenkins
4 4 (7.55%) CircleCI
4 4 (7.55%) JMeter
5 3 (5.66%) Selenium
6 2 (3.77%) Git
6 2 (3.77%) GitLab
6 2 (3.77%) Postman
7 1 (1.89%) Appium
7 1 (1.89%) Burp Suite
7 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.89%) JUnit
7 1 (1.89%) NeoLoad
7 1 (1.89%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (1.89%) PHPUnit
7 1 (1.89%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.89%) TestNG
7 1 (1.89%) Travis CI
7 1 (1.89%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (49.06%) Social Skills
2 22 (41.51%) Finance
3 12 (22.64%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Back Office
6 2 (3.77%) Front Office
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Billing
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Developer
2 14 (26.42%) Delphi Developer
3 9 (16.98%) Tester
4 7 (13.21%) Analyst
4 7 (13.21%) Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) Python Developer
5 4 (7.55%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) Test Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
7 2 (3.77%) Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Murex Support
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Test Manager
8 1 (1.89%) Data Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Functional Consultant
8 1 (1.89%) Systems Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) Node.js
2 4 (7.55%) Django
2 4 (7.55%) Express.js
2 4 (7.55%) React
2 4 (7.55%) REST
3 2 (3.77%) Middleware
3 2 (3.77%) Murex MxML
3 2 (3.77%) Playwright
3 2 (3.77%) Web Services
3 2 (3.77%) XML
4 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.89%) Doctrine
4 1 (1.89%) Loki
4 1 (1.89%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.89%) Symfony
4 1 (1.89%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (11.32%) SCADA
2 3 (5.66%) Derivative
3 2 (3.77%) Credit Derivative
3 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.77%) Fixed Income
3 2 (3.77%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.89%) Life Science
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.19%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.77%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.94%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (30.19%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (22.64%) Agile
3 12 (22.64%) Test Automation
4 11 (20.75%) Collaborative Working
5 10 (18.87%) Performance Testing
6 9 (16.98%) CI/CD
6 9 (16.98%) DevOps
7 8 (15.09%) Non-Functional Testing
8 7 (13.21%) Change Management
8 7 (13.21%) Test Strategy
9 6 (11.32%) End-to-End Testing
9 6 (11.32%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (11.32%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (11.32%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (9.43%) Software Engineering
10 5 (9.43%) Validation
11 4 (7.55%) Logistics
11 4 (7.55%) Migration
11 4 (7.55%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 24 (45.28%) SQL
2 15 (28.30%) C#
3 14 (26.42%) Delphi
3 14 (26.42%) PL/SQL
4 6 (11.32%) Python
5 5 (9.43%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.66%) Java
7 1 (1.89%) ABAP
7 1 (1.89%) Bash
7 1 (1.89%) Go
7 1 (1.89%) PHP
7 1 (1.89%) Rust
7 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 1 (1.89%) CEH
3 1 (1.89%) CISSP
3 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.89%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Kibana
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (33.96%) Oracle
3 7 (13.21%) SAP
4 3 (5.66%) Ariba
5 2 (3.77%) Bloomberg
5 2 (3.77%) Citrix
5 2 (3.77%) Murex
5 2 (3.77%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) Sybase
6 1 (1.89%) Autodesk
6 1 (1.89%) Genesys
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.89%) Siemens
6 1 (1.89%) Workday