Test Assurance Contracts in the North of England

Test Assurance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Test Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 - 219
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.091% - 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £429 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile £448 - -
England median daily rate £450 £435 £550
% change year-on-year +3.45% -20.91% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £83.50 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +51.82% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Test Assurance 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the North of England

Test Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Test Assurance in the North of England

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 West - 2 £425 -
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
Test Assurance
England

Test Assurance
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Test Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP