Azure Test Lead Contracts in England

Test Lead - Microsoft Azure
UK > England

The median Test Lead - Microsoft Azure daily rate in England is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 531 617
Rank change year-on-year +21 +86 +172
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Azure Test Lead 1 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.006% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.006% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £310 - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £580 £628
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% -7.68% +19.67%
75th Percentile £330 - £706
90th Percentile - - £731
UK median daily rate £320 £640 £628
% change year-on-year -50.00% +1.87% +9.26%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,261 30,872 41,283
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.97% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,295 19,926 29,049
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,382 1,691 1,334
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £15.22
25th Percentile £17.34 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.73 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

Azure Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Azure Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Test Lead in England

Azure Test Lead
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Test Lead job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Test Lead job vacancies in England

Azure Test Lead
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Test Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +26 1 £320 -44.83%
Azure Test Lead
UK

Azure Test Lead Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Azure Test Lead 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 England region featuring Azure Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Azure Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG