Functional Testing Contracts in Leeds

Functional Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 58 81
Rank change year-on-year -4 +23 +27
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.21% 0.51% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.59% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £464 £450
25th Percentile £519 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% -13.00% +47.44%
75th Percentile £556 £517 £738
90th Percentile - - £800
West Yorkshire median daily rate £538 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +7.45% -13.00% +43.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Functional 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 435 682 1,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.55% 86.77% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 415 865
10th Percentile £263 £300 £389
25th Percentile £357 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.68% +9.50%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £673 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.54% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 14
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £15.94
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -67.84% +57.59%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £68.44
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 £70.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £20.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -38.12% +12.50%

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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA