Design for Test Contracts

Design for Testability (DFT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Design for Test skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design for Test 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 - 667 829
Rank change year-on-year - +162 -106
Contract jobs citing Design for Test 0 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.027% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.030% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £663 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £289
Median % change year-on-year - +133.32% -55.49%
75th Percentile - £688 £307
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £289
% change year-on-year - - -55.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £45.00 £45.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design for Test 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design for Test as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Test in the UK

Design for Test
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design for Test.

Daily rate trend for Design for Test in the UK

Design for Test
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design for Test.

Hourly rate trend for Design for Test in the UK