Data-Driven Testing Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data-Driven Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Data-Driven Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.029% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £425 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -29.17% -2.04% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Data-Driven Testing 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,855 1,775 2,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.36% 89.69% 84.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,705 1,168 1,440
10th Percentile £300 £304 £310
25th Percentile £400 £385 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -7.25% -
75th Percentile £588 £553 £588
90th Percentile £675 £660 £675
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 95 274
10th Percentile £17.13 £13.50 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.73 £14.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% +15.32% -9.45%
75th Percentile £75.00 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.06 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.37% -23.87% +4.17%

Data-Driven Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data-Driven Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Data-Driven Testing job vacancy trend in the North West

Data-Driven Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data-Driven Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Data-Driven Testing

Data-Driven Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. 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
Cheshire - 1 - -
Data-Driven Testing
England

Data-Driven Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management