Lead Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Lead Test Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Lead Test Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £515 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 206 142 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 87.65% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 75 97
10th Percentile £200 £298 £236
25th Percentile £340 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £470 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -14.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £620
90th Percentile £636 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 4
10th Percentile £13.67 £17.01 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.50 £42.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.25 £60.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.92% +144.90% +96.00%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £32.44
90th Percentile £39.20 - £33.23
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £60.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -67.92% +144.90% +84.91%

Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Test Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Lead Test Engineer 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
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