Performance Test Leader Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Performance Test Lead
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Performance Test Lead daily rate in Cardiff is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Test Leader 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.84% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £460 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
South Wales median daily rate £468 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 227 168 211
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 93.85% 96.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 133 177
10th Percentile £206 £168 £185
25th Percentile £290 £230 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +0.59% -3.98%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £531
90th Percentile £638 £648 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
10th Percentile £12.21 £21.35 £21.33
25th Percentile £13.18 £21.50 £26.31
Median hourly rate £14.83 £24.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.21% -31.91% +127.46%
75th Percentile £18.10 £27.50 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.58 £43.25 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £20.25 £25.36 £33.50
% change year-on-year -20.15% -24.30% +85.49%

Performance Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Performance Test Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Performance Test Leader job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Performance Test Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Test Leader job vacancies in Cardiff

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Performance Test Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Performance Test Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft