Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Performance Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 66 81
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +24
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.66% 0.14% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.16% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile £441 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £398 £420 -
% change year-on-year -5.36% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

Performance 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 541 621 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.87% 84.60% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 407 695
10th Percentile £303 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £573 £575 £638
90th Percentile £650 £658 £717
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -1.00% -6.54% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 13
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £15.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +97.03% -21.05% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £38.75 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.50 £15.17 £17.82
% change year-on-year +68.09% -14.87% -10.90%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in Leeds

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Performance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in Leeds

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Performance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Performance Testing

Performance 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 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) JMeter
2 1 (25.00%) JUnit
2 1 (25.00%) Maven
2 1 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (25.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Test Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker