Lead Tester Contracts in the North of England

Lead Tester
England > North of England

The median Lead Tester daily rate in the North of England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 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
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 165 197
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 +68
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Lead Tester 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.050% 0.024% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.026% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £516 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £566 - -
90th Percentile £571 - -
England median daily rate £550 £385 £575
% change year-on-year +42.86% -33.04% +12.20%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,724 3,908 4,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.76% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 2,345 3,267
10th Percentile £250 £278 £263
25th Percentile £369 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £645 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 280 199
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.42 £15.64
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £29.89 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +12.77% +32.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £56.62
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.60% +68.69%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Lead Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Tester in the North of England

Lead Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Tester job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Tester job vacancies in the North of England

Lead Tester
DemandTrendContract 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 Lead Tester within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -10 1 £525 -
North West - 1 £550 - 1
Lead Tester
England

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, Lead Tester 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 North of England region featuring Lead Tester in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) pytest
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

Lead Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) pytest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA