JMeter Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Apache JMeter
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring JMeter skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 155 171
Rank change year-on-year -43 +16 +47
Contract jobs citing JMeter 7 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.78% 1.18% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 10
10th Percentile £375 £363 £395
25th Percentile £413 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +2.86% -1.69%
75th Percentile £525 £509 £500
90th Percentile £540 £519 £505
England median daily rate £425 £475 £452
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.09% -11.59%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

JMeter falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 898 508 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 18.84% 14.36% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 320 439
10th Percentile £325 £325 £356
25th Percentile £388 £387 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -4.40% -4.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 40
10th Percentile £39.00 - £45.88
25th Percentile £44.74 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% - -1.33%
75th Percentile £63.48 £54.19 £64.06
90th Percentile £72.13 £78.50 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JMeter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

JMeter job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JMeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JMeter

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JMeter in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JMeter in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JMeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JMeter

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JMeter within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
North East -6 4 £500 +53.85% 2
Yorkshire -43 2 £425 -5.56% 10
North West -26 1 - - 6
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (14.29%) NuGet
3 1 (14.29%) PaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Selenium
2 4 (57.14%) Cucumber
2 4 (57.14%) Gatling
3 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) REST Assured
3 2 (28.57%) TestRail
4 1 (14.29%) Artifactory
4 1 (14.29%) GitLab
4 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (14.29%) Postman
4 1 (14.29%) SonarQube
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Automation Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) QA Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) QA Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) QA Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) QA Leader
3 1 (14.29%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
1 2 (28.57%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) ADO
2 1 (14.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
1 6 (85.71%) Performance Testing
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) QA Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) API Testing
4 3 (42.86%) BDD
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) Bicep
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Accessibility
3 1 (14.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Progress Chef
2 1 (14.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Checkmarx
1 1 (14.29%) Dynatrace
1 1 (14.29%) LogicMonitor