Hybrid/Remote Rational Functional Tester Contract Job Trends

IBM Rational Functional Tester
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Rational Functional Tester skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Rational Functional Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.053% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 - -

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Rational Functional Tester falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,876 1,612 1,604
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 13.81% 16.09% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 1,125 1,093
10th Percentile £358 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £672 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 35 24
10th Percentile £62.25 £42.00 £28.26
25th Percentile £65.00 - £54.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.12%
75th Percentile - £67.00 £66.26
90th Percentile £76.00 £82.65 £76.75
UK median hourly rate £67.49 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.82% - +4.00%

Rational Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Rational Functional Tester job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Rational Functional Tester
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (100.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SilkTest
1 1 (100.00%) SOAtest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XBRL
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP