Software Testing Contracts in Leicestershire

Software Testing
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 36 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 5.03% 0.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 0.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £403 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +109.50% - -
75th Percentile £538 £225 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £460 £375 £433
% change year-on-year +22.53% -13.29% +8.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Software 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 Leicestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 166 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 76.73% 92.22% 84.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 140 183
10th Percentile £195 £250 £157
25th Percentile £258 £326 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £563 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £551 £570
East Midlands median daily rate £419 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -7.00% +2.27% +13.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £13.55 £14.08 £14.64
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £20.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% -12.34% +46.88%
75th Percentile £25.50 £41.88 £45.00
90th Percentile £27.45 £63.50 £46.67
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £18.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.33% +1.35% +23.33%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Leicestershire

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Leicestershire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Leicestershire

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Leicestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Leicestershire

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester - 8 £419 - 1
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (12.50%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JMeter
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Test Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Software Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Software Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) React
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) DevOps
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Data Design
2 3 (37.50%) Pair Programming
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Debt
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISTQB
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (37.50%) ISEB
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle