Tester Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Tester
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Tester daily rate in Leicestershire is £543, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 6 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 3.70% - 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.03% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £360 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.30%
75th Percentile £738 - £434
90th Percentile - - £436
East Midlands median daily rate £360 £455 £425
% change year-on-year -20.88% +7.06% -2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 149 87 165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.57% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 64 117
10th Percentile £126 £202 £153
25th Percentile £188 £275 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £575
90th Percentile £633 £701 £683
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile £17.05 - £12.93
25th Percentile £20.44 £23.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +13.51%
75th Percentile £29.31 £24.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £30.25 - £57.80
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.13 £24.18 £17.95
% change year-on-year -12.63% +34.75% +4.03%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Tester job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Leicestershire

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Leicestershire

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Leicestershire

Tester
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 Tester within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. 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 - 5 £725 - 1
Loughborough - 1 £360 -
Tester
East Midlands

Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, Tester 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 Leicestershire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Selenium
2 3 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Apache
3 2 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle ERP
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle