The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring pytest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited pytest over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
162
181
196
Rank change year-on-year
+19
+15
+47
Contract jobs citing pytest
9
6
8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England
pytest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
708
919
1,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England
20.30%
18.80%
19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted
520
602
820
10th Percentile
£350
£350
£363
25th Percentile
£391
£425
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£460
£503
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-8.59%
-4.14%
+2.44%
75th Percentile
£545
£600
£600
90th Percentile
£625
£700
£688
England median daily rate
£525
£550
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.55%
-
-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
32
5
10th Percentile
-
£14.56
£37.77
25th Percentile
£70.00
£37.22
£37.80
Median hourly rate
£76.25
£46.18
£46.18
Median % change year-on-year
+65.11%
-
-31.59%
75th Percentile
£91.20
£69.44
£63.75
90th Percentile
£95.61
£72.50
-
England median hourly rate
£60.00
£55.63
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+7.87%
-14.42%
+23.81%
pytest Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing pytest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
pytest Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing pytest in the North of England.
pytest Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing pytest in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.
pytest 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 pytest within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
pytest Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England
For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing pytest also mentioned 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 with a requirement for pytest.
pytest 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:
