Software Testing Contracts in Leicester

Software Testing
Leicestershire > Leicester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 7.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £419 £200 -
% change year-on-year +109.50% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicester

Software 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 advertised in Leicester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 102 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 72.97% 91.07% 83.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 87 134
10th Percentile £279 £263 £300
25th Percentile £350 £330 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% +3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £591 £450 £488
90th Percentile £625 £561 £638
Leicestershire median daily rate £375 £395 £400
% change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £13.20 £13.85 £14.10
25th Percentile £15.38 £16.02 £15.31
Median hourly rate £20.50 £20.46 £30.42
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% -32.74% +90.11%
75th Percentile £25.38 £23.24 £46.25
90th Percentile £27.40 £46.25 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £21.50 £20.46 £21.75
% change year-on-year +5.08% -5.93% +35.94%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Leicester

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Leicester.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Leicester

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Leicester over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Leicester

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Leicester.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Leicester

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (12.50%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JMeter
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Test Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Software Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Software Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) React
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) DevOps
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Data Design
2 3 (37.50%) Pair Programming
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Debt
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (37.50%) ISEB
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle