Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Harrogate

Software Testing
North Yorkshire > Harrogate

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Harrogate requiring Software Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Harrogate 9.09% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £155 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Harrogate

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Harrogate.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harrogate 45.45% 66.67% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £241 £106
25th Percentile £140 £303 £108
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -62.42% +3.13% +92.77%
75th Percentile £158 £528 £458
90th Percentile £201 £594 -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £220 £500 £440
% change year-on-year -56.00% +13.64% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +43.71% -20.45% +2.33%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Harrogate

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Harrogate.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Harrogate

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Harrogate

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Harrogate citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Harrogate 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification