System Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

System Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 294 387
Rank change year-on-year +57 +93 +90
Contract jobs citing System Testing 65 55 87
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.41% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 48 71
10th Percentile £400 £393 £355
25th Percentile £450 £469 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £578 £591 £575
90th Percentile £650 £725 £656
UK median daily rate £567 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +13.40% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £17.80 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -70.33% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £21.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +161.90% -66.40% +39.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

System Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

System Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

System Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

System Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing System Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

System Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

System Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

System Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (15.38%) Confluence
2 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.62%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (6.15%) SAP HR
3 2 (3.08%) Aladdin
3 2 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (3.08%) SAP MDG
3 2 (3.08%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (1.54%) Primavera
4 1 (1.54%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.54%) SAP WM
4 1 (1.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (6.15%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (6.15%) Mimecast
3 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.08%) OCI
3 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) AWS
4 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Skype
2 3 (4.62%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) GIS
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
1 1 (1.54%) SAP HANA
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (20.00%) JIRA
2 5 (7.69%) Selenium
3 4 (6.15%) Cypress.io
3 4 (6.15%) HP UFT
3 4 (6.15%) TestComplete
4 2 (3.08%) Git
4 2 (3.08%) Postman
5 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Public Sector
3 16 (24.62%) Finance
4 6 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (7.69%) Local Government
6 3 (4.62%) Marketing
7 2 (3.08%) Legal
7 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Retail
8 1 (1.54%) Back Office
8 1 (1.54%) Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Billing
8 1 (1.54%) Front Office
8 1 (1.54%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.54%) Law
8 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Consultant
2 12 (18.46%) Analyst
3 10 (15.38%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) SAP Consultant
5 7 (10.77%) HR Consultant
5 7 (10.77%) Payroll Consultant
5 7 (10.77%) Test Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) Tester
7 5 (7.69%) Developer
7 5 (7.69%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) Automation Test Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Automation Tester
8 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) Java Automation Tester
8 4 (6.15%) SAP HR Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Senior
8 4 (6.15%) Senior Wintel Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.38%) Flash
2 6 (9.23%) .NET
3 5 (7.69%) Playwright
4 3 (4.62%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (4.62%) SOAP
4 3 (4.62%) Visualforce
5 2 (3.08%) Middleware
5 2 (3.08%) REST
6 1 (1.54%) Jest
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.54%) React
6 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Clustering
2 4 (6.15%) PKI
3 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) PMI
4 2 (3.08%) Replication
5 1 (1.54%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.54%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.54%) EPoS
5 1 (1.54%) Equities
5 1 (1.54%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.54%) SCADA
5 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
2 4 (6.15%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) User Acceptance Testing
2 16 (24.62%) Agile
3 15 (23.08%) NsoIT
3 15 (23.08%) Service Management
4 14 (21.54%) Critical Thinking
5 12 (18.46%) Computer Science
5 12 (18.46%) Validation
6 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (16.92%) Test Scripting
6 11 (16.92%) Waterfall
7 10 (15.38%) High Availability
7 10 (15.38%) Migration
7 10 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
7 10 (15.38%) Power Management
8 9 (13.85%) Data Migration
8 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.85%) Test Automation
9 8 (12.31%) Integration Testing
10 7 (10.77%) Decision-Making
10 7 (10.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) SQL
2 7 (10.77%) Python
3 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.69%) C#
4 5 (7.69%) Java
4 5 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.62%) Apex Code
6 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.54%) ABAP
7 1 (1.54%) Bash
7 1 (1.54%) Perl
7 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (43.08%) Security Cleared
2 27 (41.54%) SC Cleared
3 21 (32.31%) Degree
4 11 (16.92%) Master's Degree
5 10 (15.38%) CCNA
5 10 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (6.15%) MCSE
6 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.54%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.54%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.08%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.54%) GDPR
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
1 10 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (15.38%) VMware NSX
2 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) vCenter Server
2 4 (6.15%) WSUS
3 2 (3.08%) HP ALM
4 1 (1.54%) Ansible
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.54%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (21.54%) Cisco
2 12 (18.46%) Microsoft
3 11 (16.92%) SAP
4 10 (15.38%) Atlassian
4 10 (15.38%) VMware
5 5 (7.69%) Oracle
6 4 (6.15%) Bloomberg
6 4 (6.15%) Proofpoint
6 4 (6.15%) Reuters
6 4 (6.15%) Salesforce
7 3 (4.62%) Workday
8 2 (3.08%) Ariba
8 2 (3.08%) HP
8 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.08%) SimCorp
9 1 (1.54%) Murex
9 1 (1.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (1.54%) Snow