Azure Test Lead Contracts in London

Test Lead - Microsoft Azure
England > London

The median Test Lead - Microsoft Azure daily rate in London is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 387 450
Rank change year-on-year +26 +63 +160
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Azure Test Lead 1 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.007% 0.012% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.013% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £560
25th Percentile £310 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £580 £632
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% -8.16% +26.30%
75th Percentile £330 - £725
90th Percentile - - £733
England median daily rate £320 £580 £628
% change year-on-year -44.83% -7.68% +19.67%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,434 15,280 21,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.99% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,373 10,574 15,936
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 196 233
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.69 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -11.24% +9.84%
75th Percentile £50.25 £54.06 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.56 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Azure Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Azure Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Test Lead in London

Azure Test Lead
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Test Lead job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Test Lead job vacancies in London

Azure Test Lead Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Azure Test Lead 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 London region featuring Azure Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Azure Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG