Test Leader Contracts in Leeds

Test Lead
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Test Lead daily rate in Leeds is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 80 104
Rank change year-on-year +17 +24 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.50% 0.89% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.91% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 5
10th Percentile £417 £500 -
25th Percentile £424 £519 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% +15.00% +32.45%
75th Percentile £455 £743 £625
90th Percentile £463 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -23.87% +15.00% +41.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 733 1,313 1,586
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 97.69% 97.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 944 1,169
10th Percentile £300 £327 £275
25th Percentile £413 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +7.65% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £494
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.33% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 23
10th Percentile £11.30 £12.00 £15.45
25th Percentile £11.88 £16.12 £18.00
Median hourly rate £12.53 £44.53 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -71.86% +98.78% +3.04%
75th Percentile £15.25 £68.44 £26.50
90th Percentile £18.27 £70.00 £28.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.17 £27.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -43.81% +54.29% -19.50%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Leeds

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Leeds

Test Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Test Leader in Leeds

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Test Leader 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 across the Leeds region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) JMeter
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Workday
3 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Micro Focus
3 1 (25.00%) ADO

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (50.00%) JMeter
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (25.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Micro Focus
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Workday