Black-Box Testing
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Black-Box Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Black-Box Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 562 | 661 | 807 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +99 | +146 | -100 |
| Contract jobs citing Black-Box Testing | 17 | 23 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.039% | 0.041% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.046% | 0.045% | 0.043% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 20 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £499 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £594 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £650 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.46% | +52.94% | +0.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £695 | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £749 | £528 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £438 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | -7.89% | +22.58% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £56.25 | - | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.50 | - | £19.00 |
| 75th Percentile | £58.75 | - | £21.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £57.50 | - | £19.00 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Black-Box 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,816 | 50,571 | 79,556 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.44% | 89.70% | 90.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,638 | 35,025 | 55,934 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £348 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £433 |
| 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% | +8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,533 | 1,671 | 1,865 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.57 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +9.70% |
| 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% | -4.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Black-Box Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Black-Box Testing.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Black-Box Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Black-Box Testing.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Black-Box Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +88 | 14 | £388 | -40.38% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | +55 | 9 | £400 | -8.57% | 7 |
| London | +88 | 6 | £375 | -42.31% | 5 |
| Midlands | +28 | 5 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 2 | £463 | - | 1 |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £400 | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: