Lead Tester Contract Job Trends in the North East

Lead Tester
England > North East

The median Lead Tester daily rate in the North East is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
England median daily rate £585 £375 £598
% change year-on-year +55.93% -37.24% +32.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 274 247 219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 87.59% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 106 169
10th Percentile £188 £266 £254
25th Percentile £340 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £462 £428
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% +7.82% -18.39%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £550
90th Percentile £650 £694 £631
England median daily rate £512 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 9
10th Percentile £13.41 £12.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.31 £28.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.32% +44.31% +88.24%
75th Percentile £24.47 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £50.40 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -44.11% -0.46% +71.64%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Lead Tester job vacancy trend in the North East

Lead Tester
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Tester within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £750 -
Lead Tester
England

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Lead 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 North East region featuring Lead Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified

Lead Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes