Tester Contracts in Leicestershire

Tester
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Tester daily rate in Leicestershire is £335 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 32 23
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 2 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.26% 2.78% 4.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.84% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 12
10th Percentile - £336 £289
25th Percentile £318 £370 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £380 £366
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +3.75% -17.00%
75th Percentile £353 £390 £444
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £380 £380 £370
% change year-on-year - +2.70% -15.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 145 176 251
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 97.78% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 149 203
10th Percentile £138 £245 £150
25th Percentile £258 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £561 £537
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.40 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.22% +17.97% +17.64%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Leicestershire

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Leicestershire

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Leicestershire

Tester
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Leicester +8 2 £335 +3.08% 1
Tester
East Midlands

Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 26 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 Leicestershire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (50.00%) Biometrics

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible