Functional Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Functional Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 133 111
Rank change year-on-year +15 -22 +3
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 14 17 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.59% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.65% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 52
10th Percentile £453 £313 £316
25th Percentile £469 £334 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £363 £398
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -8.81% -11.17%
75th Percentile £588 £452 £450
90th Percentile £610 £526 £470
South East median daily rate £494 £425 £435
% change year-on-year +16.18% -2.35% -7.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the Thames Valley

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in the Thames Valley

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Testing in the Thames Valley

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in the Thames Valley

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -3 8 £500 +1.27% 1
Oxfordshire +4 4 £488 +21.88% 4
Buckinghamshire +26 2 - - 2
Functional Testing
South East

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 3 (21.43%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) tcpdump
1 2 (14.29%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Cucumber
1 3 (21.43%) JMeter
1 3 (21.43%) Maven
1 3 (21.43%) Selenium
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
1 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Test Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Performance Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Test Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Test Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) DevOps
2 6 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 4 (28.57%) Scrum
4 3 (21.43%) Event-Driven
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Test Management
4 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (14.29%) Kanban
5 2 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Performance Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Test Planning
6 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Java
1 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft