Applications Tester Contracts in London

Application Tester
England > London

The median Application Tester daily rate in London is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 468 592
Rank change year-on-year +86 +124 -117
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 8 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.046% 0.035% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.037% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 2
10th Percentile £180 £355 £320
25th Percentile £203 £380 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £369 £600 £450
90th Percentile £438 £653 £480
England median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,359 24,202 36,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,819 17,639 27,124
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 276 418
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.60 £22.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +8.63%
75th Percentile £46.77 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.75 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

Applications Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Tester in London

Applications Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Tester in London

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Tester in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Tester in London

Applications Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Tester in London

Applications Tester
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +39 3 £213 -62.22%
East London -5 1 £300 -25.00%
Applications Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Applications 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 London region featuring Applications Tester in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Google Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Confluence
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Android

Applications Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ENOVIA
1 1 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Pay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Billing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Application Packaging
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) PLM
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) PTC
2 1 (12.50%) Siemens