Tester Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Tester daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 43
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 18 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.43% 5.39% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 5.47% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 3
10th Percentile £368 £350 £493
25th Percentile £455 £365 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £520 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -9.57% +17.95%
75th Percentile £625 £573 £594
90th Percentile £640 £576 £598
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £600 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +17.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 188 329 355
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 98.50% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 257 282
10th Percentile £335 £343 £200
25th Percentile £396 £463 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +13.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £732 £688
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 9
10th Percentile £12.66 - £11.04
25th Percentile £18.69 - £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.92%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £17.50
90th Percentile £67.88 - £18.98
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.00
% change year-on-year - - +17.12%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 25 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) GPEN
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) REST Assured
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
1 1 (33.33%) REST Assured
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
1 1 (33.33%) Jest
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 2 (66.67%) GPEN
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Docker