Lead Tester Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Lead Tester
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Lead Tester daily rate in Chelmsford is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 1.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
Essex median daily rate £300 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 50 9 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 3
10th Percentile £240 £200 £373
25th Percentile £313 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £225 £425
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -47.06% -19.05%
75th Percentile £472 £229 £463
90th Percentile £614 £309 £478
Essex median daily rate £500 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% -33.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 2 0
10th Percentile - £70.50 -
25th Percentile £16.25 £78.75 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £95.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -81.58% - -
75th Percentile £33.42 £108.75 -
90th Percentile £81.05 £115.50 -
Essex median hourly rate £18.25 £37.50 £59.50
% change year-on-year -51.33% -36.97% -2.86%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.

Lead Tester job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 22 September 2026, Lead Tester 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 Chelmsford region featuring Lead Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Lead Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce