Tester Contracts in Sheffield

Tester
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Tester daily rate in Sheffield is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 53 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.79% 0.66% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £475 -
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 341 445 374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 98.02% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 311 302
10th Percentile £360 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.28% +0.45% +10.25%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Sheffield

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Sheffield

Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 29 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 Sheffield region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) SDET
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) WCAG
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) SDET
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) WCAG
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