Test Specialist Contracts in London

Test Specialist
England > London

The median Test Specialist daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 422 560
Rank change year-on-year +47 +138 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 6 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.044% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.047% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 14
10th Percentile £435 £501 £329
25th Percentile £450 £503 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £380
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +34.87% -10.06%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £438
90th Percentile £565 £534 £450
England median daily rate £488 £500 £360
% change year-on-year -2.50% +38.89% -21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 14,705 19,194 35,324
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 93.86% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,509 13,971 25,561
10th Percentile £338 £350 £375
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £790 £800 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 212 302
10th Percentile £17.25 £18.02 £15.75
25th Percentile £24.50 £21.94 £20.25
Median hourly rate £39.00 £40.50 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +25.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £80.75 £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Test Specialist 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 Test Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) NeoLoad
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Social Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Swagger
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (16.67%) Presales
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Postman

Test Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure API Management
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 1 (16.67%) JMeter
2 1 (16.67%) NeoLoad
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) OpenAI