Senior Tester Contracts with Work from Home Options

Senior Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Tester daily rate in Work from Home is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 458 598
Rank change year-on-year +115 +140 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Tester 5 18 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.070% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.074% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 21
10th Percentile £328 £425 £369
25th Percentile £358 £467 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +9.38% +17.07%
75th Percentile £563 £613 £550
90th Percentile £585 - £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Senior Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Senior Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester
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 Senior Tester.

Senior Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Tester daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Tester in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Front Office
4 1 (20.00%) Back Office
4 1 (20.00%) JMeter
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Git
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io

Senior 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 2 (40.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (20.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Back Office
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) BDD
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SAP