Test Leader Contracts in Bedfordshire

Test Lead
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Test Lead daily rate in Bedfordshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 32 27
Rank change year-on-year 0 -5 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Leader 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.17% 0.97% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 1.03% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £723 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £375 £743
% change year-on-year +60.00% -49.53% +72.79%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 208 195 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 94.20% 97.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 100 86
10th Percentile £185 £262 £181
25th Percentile £438 £363 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £562 £550
90th Percentile £650 £625 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 32 3
10th Percentile £27.94 £42.13 £27.00
25th Percentile £56.63 £55.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £84.50 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.60% +15.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile - £67.50 £61.40
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £47.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year -12.63% +69.64% +41.34%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Bedfordshire

Test Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Test Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Leader in Bedfordshire

Test Leader
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton -3 4 £600 -
Test Leader
East of England

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, Test Leader 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) NeoLoad
2 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Life Science
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) FMCG
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (80.00%) LoadRunner
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) SAP ERP
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) JIRA
3 2 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) JMeter
3 2 (40.00%) GxP
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) GitHub
3 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) SAP ERP
1 4 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (80.00%) NeoLoad
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) JMeter
General
1 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) FMCG
1 4 (80.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GxP
1 2 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Ariba