System Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

System Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 381 467
Rank change year-on-year +88 +86 -58
Contract jobs citing System Testing 48 74 152
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.30% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.33% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 66 119
10th Percentile £375 £356 £311
25th Percentile £437 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +20.00%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £588
90th Percentile £725 £684 £768
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £55.00 £44.82
% change year-on-year -61.82% +22.71% -0.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

System 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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

System Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

System Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 System Testing.

System Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing System Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

System Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 System Testing.

System Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.08%) Markit EDM
2 1 (2.08%) SAP APO
2 1 (2.08%) SAP IBP
2 1 (2.08%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Apigee
3 2 (4.17%) Azure
3 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Boomi
4 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) 4G
1 2 (4.17%) 5G
1 2 (4.17%) Network Security
1 2 (4.17%) SSL
1 2 (4.17%) VoIP
2 1 (2.08%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.25%) Selenium
3 2 (4.17%) Ant
3 2 (4.17%) gulp
3 2 (4.17%) JUnit
3 2 (4.17%) Maven
4 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.08%) Gerrit
4 1 (2.08%) Git
4 1 (2.08%) JMeter
4 1 (2.08%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (2.08%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.08%) TestNG
4 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.08%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Finance
3 7 (14.58%) Marketing
4 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.42%) Automotive
6 4 (8.33%) Aerospace
6 4 (8.33%) Military
6 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.08%) Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Consultant
2 12 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 8 (16.67%) Analyst
3 8 (16.67%) Developer
4 7 (14.58%) Test Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Lead
5 5 (10.42%) Tester
6 4 (8.33%) Business Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Lead Consultant
6 4 (8.33%) SQL Developer
7 3 (6.25%) Test Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Automation Tester
8 2 (4.17%) Designer
8 2 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Principal Test Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) QA Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Test Manager
9 1 (2.08%) Principal Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) .NET
1 3 (6.25%) REST
2 2 (4.17%) Node.js
2 2 (4.17%) OAuth
2 2 (4.17%) OpenID
2 2 (4.17%) RESTful
2 2 (4.17%) SAML
2 2 (4.17%) SOAP
3 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.08%) CSS
3 1 (2.08%) Gherkin
3 1 (2.08%) HTML
3 1 (2.08%) Middleware
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.08%) Playwright
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.17%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) IoT
4 1 (2.08%) PKI
4 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) Replication
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Unix
2 4 (8.33%) Linux
3 3 (6.25%) Windows
4 2 (4.17%) Android
4 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.08%) CentOS
5 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (35.42%) Agile
3 15 (31.25%) End-to-End Testing
4 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (27.08%) Migration
6 12 (25.00%) Software Testing
6 12 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 11 (22.92%) Data Migration
8 9 (18.75%) Test Scripting
9 7 (14.58%) CRM
9 7 (14.58%) Customer Experience
9 7 (14.58%) Customer Insight
9 7 (14.58%) Integration Testing
9 7 (14.58%) Scrum
9 7 (14.58%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (12.50%) Unit Testing
11 5 (10.42%) Manual Testing
11 5 (10.42%) Validation
12 4 (8.33%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) SQL
2 6 (12.50%) Java
3 4 (8.33%) Bash
3 4 (8.33%) Bourne shell
3 4 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (8.33%) Korn
3 4 (8.33%) PL/SQL
4 3 (6.25%) C++
4 3 (6.25%) Python
5 2 (4.17%) C#
6 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.08%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.08%) VB
6 1 (2.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) ISTQB
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.33%) Degree
4 3 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) ISEB
5 1 (2.08%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) Def Stans
3 2 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.08%) PMO
4 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
3 2 (4.17%) Google
3 2 (4.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) Avaloq
4 1 (2.08%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.08%) Dell
4 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow