Functional Tester Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Functional Tester
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Functional Tester daily rate in Leeds is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Tester 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 976 542 690
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 97.66% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 353 447
10th Percentile £353 £308 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -7.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £670 £610 £638
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £492 £490
% change year-on-year -0.41% +0.41% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 22
10th Percentile £18.13 £25.20 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.96 £25.50 £15.96
Median hourly rate £26.25 £32.81 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% +45.82% +15.38%
75th Percentile £35.00 £34.46 £48.75
90th Percentile £54.50 £72.92 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £23.57 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.33% +17.85% +5.26%

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Functional Tester job vacancy trend in Leeds

Functional Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Tester job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Tester job vacancies in Leeds

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Functional 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 Leeds region featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Rainbow Teams
3 3 (60.00%) Traceability Matrix
4 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
5 1 (20.00%) System Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) User Stories

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Rainbow Teams
3 3 (60.00%) Traceability Matrix
4 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Kanban
5 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) System Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared