Tester Contracts in Leeds

Tester
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Tester daily rate in Leeds is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 72 83
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 16 22 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 2.03% 1.65% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.69% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 18
10th Percentile £335 £365 £246
25th Percentile £420 £400 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £390
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +8.97% +0.65%
75th Percentile £594 £475 £442
90th Percentile £650 £520 £483
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £425 £390
% change year-on-year +11.76% +8.97% +0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +200.00% +2.86%
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year - +200.00% +2.86%

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 727 1,305 1,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 97.97% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 949 1,118
10th Percentile £300 £356 £275
25th Percentile £413 £453 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 22
10th Percentile £11.30 £12.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £11.88 £16.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £12.53 £62.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -79.95% +179.02% +3.04%
75th Percentile £15.25 £70.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £18.27 - £28.60
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.17 £32.50 £16.85
% change year-on-year -53.32% +92.88% -22.49%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Leeds

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Leeds

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Leeds over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Leeds

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 job ads across the Leeds region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) Test Automation
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
3 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
4 8 (50.00%) Java
5 5 (31.25%) Python
5 5 (31.25%) Selenium
5 5 (31.25%) Manual Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
6 4 (25.00%) Mobile App
6 4 (25.00%) Fintech
7 3 (18.75%) CREST Certified
7 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) GPEN
7 3 (18.75%) OSCP
7 3 (18.75%) JSON
7 3 (18.75%) QA
7 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (18.75%) CEH
7 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (18.75%) GIAC
7 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
7 3 (18.75%) Wireless
7 3 (18.75%) C++
7 3 (18.75%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) Linux
7 3 (18.75%) API Testing
7 3 (18.75%) Application Security

Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Selenium
2 3 (18.75%) Postman
3 2 (12.50%) XCUITest
4 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
4 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (6.25%) JMeter
4 1 (6.25%) JUnit
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) JSON
2 2 (12.50%) Gherkin
2 2 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (6.25%) Swagger
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Test Automation
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (31.25%) Manual Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Fintech
5 3 (18.75%) API Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Application Security
5 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (18.75%) Offensive Security
5 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Red Team
6 2 (12.50%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 2 (12.50%) OO
6 2 (12.50%) OOP
6 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 8 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) C++
5 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) CEH
1 3 (18.75%) CREST Certified
1 3 (18.75%) GIAC
1 3 (18.75%) GPEN
1 3 (18.75%) OSCP
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) NIST
1 3 (18.75%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
3 Tester jobs in West Yorkshire