Exploratory Testing Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire
Exploratory Testing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire citing Exploratory Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 96 | 79 | 66 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | -13 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire | 0.15% | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £390 | - | £475 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £390 | £315 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.81% | -33.68% | +22.58% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire
Exploratory 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 citing process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.
| 6 months to 7 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 1,129 | 781 | 661 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 86.51% | 86.59% | 85.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 648 | 515 | 414 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £289 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £567 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £652 | £650 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -2.50% | -2.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 57 | 22 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.69 | £18.87 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | £21.30 | £19.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.00 | £22.14 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.40% | -19.49% | +35.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £46.56 | £37.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £43.96 | £81.25 | £44.00 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £19.17 | £23.63 | £18.07 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.90% | +30.80% | -15.22% |
Exploratory Testing Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Exploratory Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
Exploratory Testing Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Exploratory Testing.
Exploratory Testing Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | -17 | 2 | £390 | - | 1 |
| Exploratory Testing Yorkshire |
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Exploratory Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Manual Testing | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Regression Testing | 100.0% | 2 |
| 4 | Acceptance Criteria | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Agile | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Defect Management | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Functional Testing | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Test Planning | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Test Scripting | 50.0% | 1 |