Load Testing Contracts in Manchester

Load Testing
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Load Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Load Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 117 130
Rank change year-on-year +23 +13 -
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 7 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.46% 0.052% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.057% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - -
75th Percentile £488 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -26.92% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
North West median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Load Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,325 1,758 2,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.00% 92.24% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 1,289 1,790
10th Percentile £313 £313 £260
25th Percentile £406 £413 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £665 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 64 50
10th Percentile £12.40 £15.31 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.10 £35.00 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.14% +129.51% -3.17%
75th Percentile £57.50 £45.66 £23.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £68.80 £33.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Load Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Load Testing in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Testing in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Load Testing in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Load Testing in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Load Testing in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
1 1 (14.29%) Serverless
1 1 (14.29%) SpeedCurve
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Pa11y
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) TestCafe
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
1 6 (85.71%) Test Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) AWS CDK
1 1 (14.29%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Customer Experience
3 5 (71.43%) Exploratory Testing
4 4 (57.14%) Active Listening
4 4 (57.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (57.14%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Continuous Deployment
5 3 (42.86%) DevOps
5 3 (42.86%) Microservices
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Coaching
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
6 1 (14.29%) SDLC
6 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
6 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Grafana
1 1 (14.29%) Kibana