Applications Tester Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Application Tester
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 14 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Application Tester daily rate in Sheffield.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

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

Contract vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 830 279 311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 90.88% 90.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 186 188
10th Percentile £353 £231 £334
25th Percentile £411 £391 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £588
90th Percentile £669 £640 £658
South Yorkshire median daily rate £477 £475 £471
% change year-on-year +0.42% +0.85% -14.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £11.33
Median hourly rate - £18.35 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -16.58% +16.65%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £18.35 £13.60
% change year-on-year - +34.99% -23.28%

Applications Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Applications Tester job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Applications Tester Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 14 April 2026, Applications Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Applications Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

Applications Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware