Tester Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Tester daily rate in West Yorkshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 62 65
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 8 11 30
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.96% 1.35% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.45% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 20
10th Percentile £330 £480 £376
25th Percentile - £505 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £550 £485
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +13.40% +15.48%
75th Percentile £404 - £525
90th Percentile £484 £580 £541
Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £505 £440
% change year-on-year -25.74% +14.77% -2.22%

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 800 761 1,323
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 93.72% 97.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 508 471 861
10th Percentile £297 £315 £306
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £619
90th Percentile £675 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -2.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 17
10th Percentile £21.47 £16.94 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.14 £19.50 £16.92
Median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.15%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £28.10
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.89%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Tester job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in West Yorkshire

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire

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 Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -12 7 £375 -31.82% 9
Bradford - 1 - - 1
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) Load Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Playwright
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
3 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) BDD
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) API Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) FHIR
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Postman

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Playwright
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) FHIR
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Load Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) BDD
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) API Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Service Design
4 1 (12.50%) TDD
4 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle