Load Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

Load Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Load Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Load Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 444 571
Rank change year-on-year +109 +127 -123
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 13 32 51
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.086% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 41
10th Percentile £332 £370 £356
25th Percentile £363 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £580 £541 £600
90th Percentile £664 £645 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 £38.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.47% - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £38.00 -
% change year-on-year +64.47% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Load Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Load Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Load Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Load Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Load Testing.

Load Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Load Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Load Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Load Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP MDG
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
1 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Visual Studio
2 5 (38.46%) Git
3 4 (30.77%) SpecFlow
4 3 (23.08%) Cypress.io
4 3 (23.08%) JMeter
4 3 (23.08%) NUnit
4 3 (23.08%) Postman
4 3 (23.08%) Selenium
4 3 (23.08%) WebDriver
5 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
5 2 (15.38%) FitNesse
5 2 (15.38%) JIRA
5 2 (15.38%) LoadRunner
5 2 (15.38%) TestRail
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Back Office
2 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Front Office
5 1 (7.69%) French Language
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Test Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Test Automation Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) QA Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SAP Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
1 5 (38.46%) AngularJS
1 5 (38.46%) Playwright
2 3 (23.08%) GraphQL
3 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
3 2 (15.38%) REST
3 2 (15.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
2 9 (69.23%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
4 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 6 (46.15%) Security Testing
5 5 (38.46%) BDD
5 5 (38.46%) Scrum
5 5 (38.46%) TDD
5 5 (38.46%) Test Strategy
6 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
7 3 (23.08%) API Testing
7 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (23.08%) Code Quality
7 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (23.08%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (23.08%) Kanban
7 3 (23.08%) Non-Functional Testing
7 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
7 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) TypeScript
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
1 2 (15.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
2 3 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Checkmarx
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Qualys
3 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
3 1 (7.69%) Veracode