Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Performance Testing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 70 89
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +18
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.53% 0.12% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.14% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £323 - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile £441 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £420 £488
% change year-on-year -10.71% -13.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Performance 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 requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 672 733 1,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 88.89% 85.23% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 468 828
10th Percentile £287 £350 £332
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £650 £655 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 20
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.15 £13.17
Median hourly rate £25.50 £15.17 £17.82
Median % change year-on-year +68.09% -14.87% -10.90%
75th Percentile £81.25 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile - £38.75 £24.38
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +47.60% -25.00% +5.26%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in West Yorkshire

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Performance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in West Yorkshire

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Performance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Performance Testing

Performance 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 Performance Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 +1 4 £398 -5.36% 2
Performance Testing
Yorkshire

Performance Testing
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:

Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) JMeter
2 1 (25.00%) JUnit
2 1 (25.00%) Maven
2 1 (25.00%) Postman
2 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (25.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Automation Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Test Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker