Performance Tester Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Performance Tester daily rate in the UK excluding London is £403, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 366 398
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 +112
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Tester 1 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.012% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.013% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £468 £406
25th Percentile £401 £477 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £519 £425
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +22.06% -12.82%
75th Percentile £404 £577 £544
90th Percentile - £594 £623
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £430
% change year-on-year - +10.47% -18.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,583 15,113 19,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.79% 92.28% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,651 8,651 12,895
10th Percentile £206 £219 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,540 1,034 1,273
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.05 £14.37
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +87.50%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.30% -19.82% +60.06%

Performance Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Performance Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Performance Tester job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Performance Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Performance Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Performance Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 November 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 of England - 1 £403 -
Yorkshire - 1 £403 -
Performance Tester
UK

Performance Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Performance 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 UK excluding London region featuring Performance Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Performance Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared