Tester Contracts in Yorkshire

Tester
England > Yorkshire

The median Tester daily rate in Yorkshire is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 101 109
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 22 28 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.31% 1.21% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.27% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 21
10th Percentile £365 £368 £263
25th Percentile £425 £406 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -9.68%
75th Percentile £531 £488 £419
90th Percentile £630 £515 £475
England median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +200.00% +2.86%
England median hourly rate £30.15 £72.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -58.13% +289.19% -60.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,536 2,203 2,642
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 95.49% 97.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,503 1,929
10th Percentile £228 £260 £204
25th Percentile £375 £420 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 27 101
10th Percentile £11.23 £12.00 £10.70
25th Percentile £12.25 £16.50 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% +25.71% -7.89%
75th Percentile £23.75 £54.07 £22.40
90th Percentile £51.75 £70.00 £26.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
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 Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
West Yorkshire +23 16 £475 +11.76% 3
South Yorkshire 0 3 £450 -5.26%
North Yorkshire - 3 £425 -
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Test Automation
2 12 (54.55%) Agile
3 10 (45.45%) Java
4 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
4 9 (40.91%) Selenium
5 5 (22.73%) Manual Testing
5 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
5 5 (22.73%) Python
5 5 (22.73%) Finance
5 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
6 4 (18.18%) JMeter
6 4 (18.18%) Fintech
6 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 4 (18.18%) User Stories
6 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
7 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (13.64%) GPEN
7 3 (13.64%) OSCP
7 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) Wind River
7 3 (13.64%) JSON
7 3 (13.64%) QA
7 3 (13.64%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (13.64%) CEH
7 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (13.64%) GIAC
7 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
7 3 (13.64%) C#

Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Selenium
2 4 (18.18%) JMeter
3 3 (13.64%) Postman
4 2 (9.09%) XCUITest
5 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
5 1 (4.55%) Cypress.io
5 1 (4.55%) JUnit
5 1 (4.55%) LoadRunner
5 1 (4.55%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) JSON
2 2 (9.09%) Gherkin
2 2 (9.09%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) Swagger
3 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 3 (13.64%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Android
2 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Test Automation
2 12 (54.55%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Manual Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
4 4 (18.18%) Fintech
4 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 4 (18.18%) User Stories
5 3 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (13.64%) API Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Application Security
5 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.64%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (13.64%) Offensive Security
5 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Red Team
5 3 (13.64%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
6 2 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Java
2 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
3 5 (22.73%) Python
4 3 (13.64%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) C++
5 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CEH
1 3 (13.64%) CREST Certified
1 3 (13.64%) GIAC
1 3 (13.64%) GPEN
1 3 (13.64%) OSCP
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) NIST
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 2 (9.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Wind River