Test Leader Contracts in Derby

Test Lead
Derbyshire > Derby

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Lead daily rate in Derby.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 2.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 75 138 124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 93.88% 82.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 101 74
10th Percentile £200 £150 £118
25th Percentile £288 £188 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £269 £456
Median % change year-on-year +62.64% -41.04% +21.18%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £575
90th Percentile £625 £588 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £262 £450
% change year-on-year +62.02% -41.71% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 17
10th Percentile £21.65 - £11.80
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £24.34 £17.86 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.28% -18.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £24.73 £20.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £24.95 £21.88 -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £24.34 £17.72 £21.20
% change year-on-year +37.36% -16.42% +6.00%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Derby

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Derby.

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Derby

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Derby region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) C#

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle