Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Performance Testing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +31
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.49% 1.12% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.23% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - £334 -
25th Percentile £425 £346 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £368 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% - -
75th Percentile £513 £389 -
90th Percentile £538 £402 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £445 £368 -
% change year-on-year +21.09% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

Performance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 163 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 87.97% 91.57% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 68 96
10th Percentile £185 £312 £350
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -9.55% -8.72%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £600
90th Percentile £641 £671 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 7
10th Percentile £13.83 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +14.71%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £34.46 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +39.29%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Performance Testing job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Performance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in Newcastle upon Tyne

Performance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 5 (83.33%) REST Assured
3 3 (50.00%) Selenium
4 2 (33.33%) JMeter
5 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
5 1 (16.67%) Gatling
5 1 (16.67%) JIRA
5 1 (16.67%) Postman
5 1 (16.67%) TestRail
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Tester
2 1 (16.67%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) QA Automation Tester
2 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) QA Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) REST
2 4 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 4 (66.67%) WireMock
3 1 (16.67%) Gherkin
3 1 (16.67%) Playwright
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) API Testing
1 6 (100.00%) BDD
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) TDD
3 4 (66.67%) Containerisation
3 4 (66.67%) Microservices
3 4 (66.67%) Security Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (33.33%) QA Automation
5 2 (33.33%) Scrum
6 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker