Functional Testing Contracts in Leeds

Functional Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 78 101
Rank change year-on-year +21 +23 -27
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 4 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.51% 0.97% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.07% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £464 £450 £369
25th Percentile £466 £500 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £390
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +47.44% -17.89%
75th Percentile £517 £738 £399
90th Percentile - £800 £400
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £400
% change year-on-year -13.00% +43.75% -15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 680 1,215 1,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.62% 90.88% 91.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 869 1,052
10th Percentile £300 £388 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £548 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +9.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 18
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £19.40
25th Percentile £12.15 £15.94 £20.79
Median hourly rate £12.30 £38.25 £24.27
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +57.59% +13.58%
75th Percentile £12.53 £68.44 £28.38
90th Percentile £14.82 £70.00 £28.90
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £20.25 £18.25
% change year-on-year -38.12% +10.96% -20.65%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Leeds

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Leeds

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Leeds.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Leeds

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (50.00%) Postman
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) QA Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) QA Test Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (75.00%) IT Audit
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft