Software Testing Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Software Testing
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 1.05% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £460 £469 £483
% change year-on-year -1.81% -2.90% -1.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North Yorkshire

Software 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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 104 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 84.21% 71.72% 77.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 54 79
10th Percentile £120 £178 £165
25th Percentile £153 £240 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year -59.00% +13.64% +17.33%
75th Percentile £500 £697 £541
90th Percentile £630 £850 £630
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 2 6
10th Percentile £17.79 - £20.41
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.71% -20.45% +2.33%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £38.50
90th Percentile - - £44.25
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +26.51% -12.50% +5.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in North Yorkshire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Harrogate - 1 £155 - 2
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification