Test Leader Contracts in Yorkshire

Test Lead
England > Yorkshire

The median Test Lead daily rate in Yorkshire is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 96 106
Rank change year-on-year +7 +10 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 3 4 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.29% 0.24% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.26% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 19
10th Percentile £451 £417 £400
25th Percentile £453 £424 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% -16.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £478 £455 £665
90th Percentile £484 £463 £743
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Yorkshire

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Yorkshire

Test Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Leader in Yorkshire

Test Leader
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £475 -
West Yorkshire +12 1 £450 +2.80% 1
Test Leader
England

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Leader 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 Yorkshire region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Katalon Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco