Tester Contracts in Leicester

Tester
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Tester daily rate in Leicester is £327 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
9 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 26 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 2.70% 0.92% 6.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% 0.95% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile £310 - £289
25th Percentile £311 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £327 £325 £366
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -11.26% -17.70%
75th Percentile £346 £338 £444
90th Percentile £350 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £327 £380 £383
% change year-on-year -14.01% -0.65% -14.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 103 105 182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 96.33% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 89 155
10th Percentile £146 £263 £289
25th Percentile £318 £325 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% +3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £450 £488
90th Percentile £625 £565 £600
Leicestershire median daily rate £369 £404 £400
% change year-on-year -8.67% +0.94% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.98 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.08 £14.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.32 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.03% +16.11% +9.38%
75th Percentile £27.81 £22.73 £45.84
90th Percentile £28.38 £41.75 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £25.00 £20.32 £19.25
% change year-on-year +23.03% +5.56% +20.31%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Leicester

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Leicester.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Leicester

Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leicester region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) Biometrics
1 2 (66.67%) JMeter
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) LDAP
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Biometrics
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
4 Tester jobs in the East Midlands