Tester Contracts in the North of England

Tester
England > North of England

The median Tester daily rate in the North of England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 139 156
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 35 79 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 1.41% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 1.48% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 52 72
10th Percentile £338 £285 £281
25th Percentile £400 £348 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £411 £384
Median % change year-on-year +15.50% +7.17% -0.97%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £473
90th Percentile £650 £571 £517
England median daily rate £465 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -7.00% +14.29% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +200.00% -47.45%
England median hourly rate £30.15 £72.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -58.13% +305.63% -60.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,323 5,348 6,918
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 95.45% 96.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,712 3,751 5,069
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £390 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £560
90th Percentile £675 £688 £644
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 401 158 290
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.18 £11.19
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £30.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +57.89% +6.15%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.40 £33.91
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Yorkshire +9 22 £475 +5.56% 8
North West -3 10 £400 +17.65% 7
North East -1 3 £600 +36.36% 1
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 North of England region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 23 (65.71%) Test Automation
2 17 (48.57%) JavaScript
3 16 (45.71%) Agile
4 14 (40.00%) Selenium
5 13 (37.14%) Java
6 11 (31.43%) Python
6 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
7 8 (22.86%) Manual Testing
7 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 7 (20.00%) Test Scripting
8 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 7 (20.00%) C++
9 6 (17.14%) Software Testing
9 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
9 6 (17.14%) Mobile App
10 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (14.29%) GPEN
10 5 (14.29%) OSCP
10 5 (14.29%) Functional Testing
10 5 (14.29%) Offensive Security
10 5 (14.29%) Red Team
10 5 (14.29%) NIST
10 5 (14.29%) Fintech
10 5 (14.29%) CREST Certified
10 5 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
10 5 (14.29%) CEH
10 5 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (14.29%) QA
10 5 (14.29%) Active Directory

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (11.43%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) GitHub
3 1 (2.86%) Figma
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.86%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 14 (40.00%) Selenium
2 4 (11.43%) JMeter
2 4 (11.43%) Postman
3 2 (5.71%) Cucumber
3 2 (5.71%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.71%) JUnit
3 2 (5.71%) TestComplete
3 2 (5.71%) XCUITest
4 1 (2.86%) Git
4 1 (2.86%) GitLab
4 1 (2.86%) JIRA
4 1 (2.86%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.86%) REST Assured
4 1 (2.86%) TestRail
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Legal
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) Gherkin
1 4 (11.43%) REST
2 3 (8.57%) JSON
3 1 (2.86%) .NET
3 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.86%) CSS
3 1 (2.86%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.86%) HTML
3 1 (2.86%) Jest
3 1 (2.86%) Kafka
3 1 (2.86%) Playwright
3 1 (2.86%) Swagger
3 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Mobile App
2 5 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Linux
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Android
2 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Test Automation
2 16 (45.71%) Agile
3 8 (22.86%) Manual Testing
3 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 6 (17.14%) Software Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Application Security
6 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
6 5 (14.29%) Fintech
6 5 (14.29%) Functional Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Offensive Security
6 5 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (14.29%) Red Team
6 5 (14.29%) Regression Testing
7 4 (11.43%) API Testing
7 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
7 4 (11.43%) SDLC
7 4 (11.43%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) JavaScript
2 13 (37.14%) Java
3 11 (31.43%) Python
4 7 (20.00%) C++
5 4 (11.43%) C#
6 3 (8.57%) TypeScript
7 2 (5.71%) Delphi
7 2 (5.71%) VBScript
8 1 (2.86%) Bash
8 1 (2.86%) C
8 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) CEH
3 5 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 5 (14.29%) GIAC
3 5 (14.29%) GPEN
3 5 (14.29%) OSCP
4 1 (2.86%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 5 (14.29%) NIST
1 5 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (5.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Google
1 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
1 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow