Applications Tester Contracts with Work from Home Options

Application Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Tester daily rate in Work from Home is £450 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 344 453 624
Rank change year-on-year +109 +171 -135
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 4 8 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.033% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.035% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £330 £344 £308
25th Percentile £375 £372 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +4.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £573 £500
90th Percentile £570 £672 -
UK median daily rate £300 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% -22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Applications Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Tester.

Applications Tester daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Tester
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Tester over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Applications Tester daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Tester
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Tester.

Applications Tester hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Applications Tester in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) OSCP
1 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL

Applications Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VB
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (50.00%) OSCP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle