Test Analyst Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Test Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Analyst daily rate in Leeds.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 1 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.14% - 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile - - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £517
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.10%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - £517
% change year-on-year - - +25.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 688 579 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 93.69% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 362 585
10th Percentile £312 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £517
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.12% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £600
90th Percentile £650 £662 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 27 6
10th Percentile - £16.55 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £18.74
Median hourly rate £17.22 £24.18 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -28.80% +15.10% -2.29%
75th Percentile £25.38 £38.75 £21.80
90th Percentile £27.18 £72.41 £41.98
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £24.18 £19.85
% change year-on-year +7.53% +21.80% -7.66%

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Test Analyst job vacancy trend in Leeds

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Leeds

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Analyst job vacancies in Leeds

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Test Analyst 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA