Test Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Test Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Test Architect daily rate in Sheffield is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £675 - -

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 681 207 346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 84.15% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 119 217
10th Percentile £325 £212 £375
25th Percentile £403 £366 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £538 £599 £610
90th Percentile £633 £679 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.44 £10.90
25th Percentile £16.68 £13.49 £11.59
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -19.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £22.33 £18.58 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £19.43 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +20.44% +22.37% -30.37%

Test Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Test Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Test Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Architect job vacancies in Sheffield

Test Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Test Architect 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 Test Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Test Architect 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow