Test Leader Contracts in Luton

Test Lead
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Test Lead daily rate in Luton is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 4.08% - 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 - £375

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 80 130 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.63% 85.53% 99.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 79 81
10th Percentile - £300 £281
25th Percentile £500 £439 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £700 £575 £600
90th Percentile - £634 £631
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +20.00% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 5
10th Percentile £20.26 - £29.50
25th Percentile £60.38 £15.39 £51.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £15.79 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +374.98% -78.95% +36.36%
75th Percentile £85.25 £65.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.75 £31.80 £63.75
% change year-on-year +91.04% -50.12% +15.91%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Luton

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Luton.

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Luton

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Leader 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 Luton region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Life Science
1 4 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) FMCG
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) NeoLoad
1 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) GitHub
2 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) JMeter
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) GxP
3 1 (25.00%) Ariba

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (100.00%) NeoLoad
2 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) JMeter
General
1 4 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) FMCG
1 4 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) ERP
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GxP
1 2 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Ariba