Functional Tester Contracts in London

Functional Tester
England > London

The median Functional Tester daily rate in London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 471 611
Rank change year-on-year +80 +140 -139
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 2 16 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% 0.063% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.066% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 16 3
10th Percentile - £463 £347
25th Percentile - £550 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +41.18% -
75th Percentile - £666 £538
90th Percentile - £835 £598
England median daily rate £525 £600 £395
% change year-on-year -12.50% +51.90% +2.60%

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 16,385 24,202 36,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,830 17,663 27,089
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 £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 278 414
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.53 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Tester in London

Functional Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Tester in London

Functional Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Tester in London

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Functional 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 Functional Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Maven
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Wiki
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS

Functional 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Maven
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Server Migrations
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft