Tester Contracts in England

Tester
UK > England

The median Tester daily rate in England is £465 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 264 297
Rank change year-on-year -35 +33 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 245 469 647
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.03% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 346 478
10th Percentile £310 £310 £300
25th Percentile £375 £387 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £522
90th Percentile £688 £700 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 22
10th Percentile £14.22 £55.80 £15.53
25th Percentile £20.18 £61.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.15 £72.00 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -58.13% +305.63% -60.56%
75th Percentile £40.09 £81.50 £36.00
90th Percentile £46.04 £86.60 £59.88
UK median hourly rate £30.15 £72.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -58.13% +311.43% -61.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in England

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in England.

Daily rate trend for Tester in England

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in England

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in England.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in England

Tester
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Tester in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Tester in England

Tester
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +6 147 £475 -13.64% 28
North of England -11 35 £475 +15.50% 16
South East +12 26 £425 +1.19% 9
Yorkshire +9 22 £475 +5.56% 7
Midlands +13 13 £350 -17.65% 11
South West -4 13 £541 +20.28% 8
North West -3 10 £400 +17.65% 8
East Midlands +11 9 £365 -5.19% 4
West Midlands +15 4 £203 -60.49% 7
North East -1 3 £600 +36.36% 1
Tester
UK

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 142 (57.96%) Test Automation
2 85 (34.69%) Agile
3 61 (24.90%) QA
4 53 (21.63%) Java
5 52 (21.22%) Python
6 50 (20.41%) Social Skills
7 47 (19.18%) Security Cleared
8 44 (17.96%) Software Testing
9 43 (17.55%) Selenium
10 41 (16.73%) Scenario Testing
11 39 (15.92%) JIRA
12 38 (15.51%) JavaScript
13 35 (14.29%) Scrum
13 35 (14.29%) CI/CD
14 34 (13.88%) Performance Testing
15 33 (13.47%) SQL
16 32 (13.06%) Banking
16 32 (13.06%) Manual Testing
17 31 (12.65%) C#
18 30 (12.24%) Azure
19 29 (11.84%) SC Cleared
19 29 (11.84%) Test Scripting
19 29 (11.84%) JMeter
20 28 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
20 28 (11.43%) BDD
21 27 (11.02%) Regression Testing
21 27 (11.02%) Test Strategy
22 26 (10.61%) DevOps
22 26 (10.61%) Postman
22 26 (10.61%) Finance

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (5.71%) Confluence
2 4 (1.63%) Apache
3 3 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.82%) CMS
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Windchill
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.82%) Mingle
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.04%) Endur
2 3 (1.22%) ENOVIA
2 3 (1.22%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.41%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.24%) Azure
2 25 (10.20%) AWS
3 13 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.27%) BrowserStack
4 8 (3.27%) Firebase
5 7 (2.86%) BlazeMeter
5 7 (2.86%) GitHub
6 6 (2.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 5 (2.04%) GCP
7 5 (2.04%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.63%) Serverless
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.82%) Figma
10 2 (0.82%) SaaS
10 2 (0.82%) Sentry
11 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.45%) Wireless
2 4 (1.63%) Internet
3 3 (1.22%) BGP
3 3 (1.22%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.22%) MPLS
3 3 (1.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.82%) Firewall
4 2 (0.82%) HTTP
4 2 (0.82%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.41%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.41%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.63%) Power BI
4 3 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.41%) Big Data
6 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.41%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
6 1 (0.41%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 43 (17.55%) Selenium
2 39 (15.92%) JIRA
3 29 (11.84%) JMeter
4 26 (10.61%) Cucumber
4 26 (10.61%) Postman
5 21 (8.57%) Cypress.io
6 19 (7.76%) Jenkins
7 17 (6.94%) SpecFlow
8 14 (5.71%) GitLab
9 13 (5.31%) Git
10 12 (4.90%) Appium
11 10 (4.08%) SoapUI
12 9 (3.67%) TestRail
13 7 (2.86%) JUnit
13 7 (2.86%) WebDriver
14 6 (2.45%) FitNesse
14 6 (2.45%) LoadRunner
14 6 (2.45%) REST Assured
14 6 (2.45%) TestComplete
15 4 (1.63%) TestNG
General
1 50 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.06%) Banking
3 26 (10.61%) Finance
4 23 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.71%) Back Office
7 12 (4.90%) Investment Banking
8 10 (4.08%) Front Office
9 9 (3.67%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.86%) Prime Brokerage
11 6 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (2.04%) Wholesale Banking
13 4 (1.63%) Legal
14 2 (0.82%) Electronics
14 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.82%) Retail
15 1 (0.41%) Billing
15 1 (0.41%) Local Government
15 1 (0.41%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.94%) REST
2 12 (4.90%) ADO
2 12 (4.90%) Gherkin
3 11 (4.49%) JSON
4 10 (4.08%) .NET
4 10 (4.08%) XML
5 8 (3.27%) Middleware
5 8 (3.27%) Playwright
5 8 (3.27%) Web Services
5 8 (3.27%) WebdriverIO
6 6 (2.45%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.04%) SOAP
8 4 (1.63%) CSS
8 4 (1.63%) HTML
9 3 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.22%) GraphQL
9 3 (1.22%) Jest
9 3 (1.22%) NETCONF
9 3 (1.22%) pytest
9 3 (1.22%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.12%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.27%) Equities
2 8 (3.27%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (2.45%) Operational Technology
4 5 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.63%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.22%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.82%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.82%) Derivative
7 2 (0.82%) PKI
8 1 (0.41%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.41%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.41%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.41%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.45%) Android
1 6 (2.45%) Linux
1 6 (2.45%) Unix
1 6 (2.45%) Windows
2 5 (2.04%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) AIX
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (57.96%) Test Automation
2 85 (34.69%) Agile
3 44 (17.96%) Software Testing
4 41 (16.73%) Scenario Testing
5 35 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 35 (14.29%) Scrum
6 34 (13.88%) Performance Testing
7 32 (13.06%) Manual Testing
8 29 (11.84%) Test Scripting
9 28 (11.43%) BDD
9 28 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (11.02%) Regression Testing
10 27 (11.02%) Test Strategy
11 26 (10.61%) DevOps
12 25 (10.20%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (10.20%) Functional Testing
12 25 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (10.20%) Test Planning
13 24 (9.80%) Test Management
14 23 (9.39%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.63%) Java
2 52 (21.22%) Python
3 38 (15.51%) JavaScript
4 33 (13.47%) SQL
5 31 (12.65%) C#
6 14 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.08%) C++
8 4 (1.63%) Bash
8 4 (1.63%) C
8 4 (1.63%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.22%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.22%) Perl
9 3 (1.22%) Ruby
10 2 (0.82%) Delphi
10 2 (0.82%) Swift
10 2 (0.82%) VBScript
11 1 (0.41%) Groovy
11 1 (0.41%) Scala
11 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.12%) Degree
4 13 (5.31%) OSCP
5 12 (4.90%) CREST Certified
6 11 (4.49%) ISTQB
7 9 (3.67%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.86%) CEH
9 6 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.45%) GIAC
9 6 (2.45%) GPEN
10 5 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.82%) CHECK Team Leader
12 2 (0.82%) CHECK Team Member
12 2 (0.82%) ISEB
13 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.41%) CISM
13 1 (0.41%) CISSP
13 1 (0.41%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (24.90%) QA
2 15 (6.12%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.04%) NIST
4 4 (1.63%) WCAG
5 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 7 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.82%) Grafana
2 2 (0.82%) Kibana
3 1 (0.41%) Ansible
3 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.41%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 12 (4.90%) Oracle
2 11 (4.49%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.45%) Google
3 6 (2.45%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.45%) Splunk
4 4 (1.63%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.22%) Adobe
5 3 (1.22%) PTC
5 3 (1.22%) Qualtrics
5 3 (1.22%) Siemens
6 2 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (0.82%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.82%) OpenLink
6 2 (0.82%) SAP
6 2 (0.82%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.41%) Avaloq
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Micro Focus
7 1 (0.41%) NEC