Lead Tester Contracts in West Yorkshire

Lead Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Lead Tester daily rate in West Yorkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 73 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Tester 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.18% 0.10% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 536 908 1,517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.40% 93.13% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 553 1,055
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £619
90th Percentile £600 £668 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 19
10th Percentile £18.59 £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile - £12.25 £14.46
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.34 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.45% -33.33% +22.37%
75th Percentile £34.38 £29.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £100.97 £53.75 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.84 £21.00
% change year-on-year +43.17% -29.36% +19.52%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Lead Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Tester in West Yorkshire

Lead Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Tester in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Lead Tester in West Yorkshire

Lead Tester
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 Lead Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 1 £525 -
Lead Tester
Yorkshire

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Lead Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Lead Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Lead Tester Skill Set
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA