Jest
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Jest skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 73 | - | 84 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +32 |
| Contract jobs citing Jest | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 0.51% | - | 0.73% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 2.20% | - | 3.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £411 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £422 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | - | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £451 | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | - | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £400 | - | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -20.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Yorkshire
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in West Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 182 | 189 | 329 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 23.36% | 22.53% | 23.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 111 | 134 | 240 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £419 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £451 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £599 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £696 | £700 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £488 | £533 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.45% | -3.18% | +7.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £13.87 | £26.78 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -48.21% | -46.44% |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | - | £16.19 | £26.78 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -39.54% | -36.12% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Job postings citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Jest.
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Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Jest in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.
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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 Jest within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | - | 4 | £400 | - | 9 |
| Jest Yorkshire |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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: