Tester Contracts in West Yorkshire

Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Tester daily rate in West Yorkshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 74 93
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 20 26 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.07% 1.68% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% 1.72% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 20
10th Percentile £344 £368 £257
25th Percentile £448 £406 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £390
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +15.38% +0.65%
75th Percentile £600 £519 £473
90th Percentile £645 £575 £504
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £450 £406
% change year-on-year +5.56% +10.77% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +200.00% +2.86%
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year - +200.00% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 899 1,514 1,806
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 97.99% 97.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 1,043 1,314
10th Percentile £300 £330 £246
25th Percentile £400 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +10.74%
75th Percentile £575 £622 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +7.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 51
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.39 £14.46 £12.17
Median hourly rate £15.23 £21.50 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -29.16% +21.88% -18.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £21.88
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.23 £21.75 £17.64
% change year-on-year -29.98% +23.30% -9.54%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in West Yorkshire

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in West Yorkshire

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in West Yorkshire

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in West Yorkshire

Tester
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Leeds +23 20 £513 +13.89% 5
Tester
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Test Automation
2 13 (65.00%) Agile
3 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (50.00%) Java
5 7 (35.00%) Selenium
5 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
6 6 (30.00%) Manual Testing
7 5 (25.00%) Python
7 5 (25.00%) Fintech
8 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
8 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
9 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (15.00%) Gherkin
9 3 (15.00%) GPEN
9 3 (15.00%) OSCP
9 3 (15.00%) JSON
9 3 (15.00%) QA
9 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
9 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
9 3 (15.00%) Windows
9 3 (15.00%) Linux
9 3 (15.00%) C++
9 3 (15.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (15.00%) CEH
9 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (15.00%) Wireless

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) GCP
1 1 (5.00%) GitHub
1 1 (5.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Selenium
2 3 (15.00%) Postman
3 2 (10.00%) JUnit
3 2 (10.00%) XCUITest
4 1 (5.00%) Cucumber
4 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
4 1 (5.00%) JIRA
4 1 (5.00%) JMeter
4 1 (5.00%) TestRail
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Gherkin
1 3 (15.00%) JSON
2 2 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) Playwright
3 1 (5.00%) Swagger
3 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (15.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Android
2 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Test Automation
2 13 (65.00%) Agile
3 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Manual Testing
5 5 (25.00%) Fintech
6 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (15.00%) API Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Application Security
7 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (15.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (15.00%) Offensive Security
7 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Red Team
7 3 (15.00%) SDLC
7 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
8 2 (10.00%) Defect Tracking
8 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
8 2 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (10.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (15.00%) C++
4 3 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CEH
2 3 (15.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (15.00%) GIAC
2 3 (15.00%) GPEN
2 3 (15.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) NIST
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Google
1 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow