Manual Testing
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 9 Jun 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Manual Testing | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chester | - | - | 1.64% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 2.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £284 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £293 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £301 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | - | £333 | £309 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.69% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester
Manual 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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 110 | 69 | 47 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 70.51% | 97.18% | 77.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 32 | 24 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £410 | £325 | £266 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £405 | £445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £600 | £638 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -5.88% | +36.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £728 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £749 | £790 | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £462 | £430 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.34% | -14.00% | -3.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £20.85 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.01 | £36.61 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.67 | £50.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.66% | +17.65% | +38.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.74 | £86.00 | £44.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £42.35 | - | £47.50 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £82.50 | £37.00 | £35.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +122.97% | +3.50% | +22.18% |
Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Manual Testing.
