Junior Tester Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Junior Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Junior Tester daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 344 475
Rank change year-on-year +41 +131 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Tester 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.007% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £236
25th Percentile - £113 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £125 £338
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -62.96% +29.81%
75th Percentile - £138 £397
90th Percentile - - £429
UK median daily rate £200 £138 £210
% change year-on-year +45.45% -34.52% -1.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Junior Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Junior Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Junior Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Junior Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Junior Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Tester
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Junior Tester hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Junior Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Junior Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Payment
1 1 (100.00%) Google Play
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Junior Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Google