Hybrid/Remote Senior Performance Tester Contract Job Trends

Senior Performance Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Performance Tester daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Performance Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £488 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -15.17%

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 10,342 10,007 15,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.44% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,633 6,514 10,391
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £720 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 183 518
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.28 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.75 £21.73
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.04 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.88% -17.81% -15.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.48
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -10.26%

Senior Performance Tester
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Performance Tester job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Senior Performance Tester Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 22 February 2026, Senior Performance 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 Senior Performance Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Senior Performance 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 (100.00%) AWS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA