Test Specialist
UK
The median Test Specialist daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 561 | 669 | 784 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +115 | -88 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist | 18 | 15 | 57 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.027% | 0.065% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.045% | 0.028% | 0.068% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 9 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | £368 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £399 | £411 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £462 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.60% | +15.50% | -10.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £464 | £500 | £455 |
| 90th Percentile | £471 | £550 | £538 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £453 | £461 | £360 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.84% | +28.06% | -18.18% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 40,001 | 53,325 | 83,708 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,880 | 37,256 | 59,003 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +9.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,851 | 1,473 | 1,957 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +14.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.41 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.45 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Test Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Test Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist.
Test Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist.
Test Specialist
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Specialist 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 | +98 | 16 | £450 | -2.60% | 1 |
| London | +102 | 9 | £414 | -10.44% | |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 8 | £453 | -1.84% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +113 | 7 | £451 | +11.76% | |
| South East | +12 | 4 | - | - | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | - | - | |
| South West | +10 | 1 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £453 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £453 | - |
Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Test Specialist 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 job ads featuring Test Specialist in the job title.
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Test Specialist Skill Set
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: