Manual Testing Contracts in the North East

Manual Testing
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +16 +1 -20
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.89% 2.07% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 2.26% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 3
10th Percentile - £460 £345
25th Percentile - £544 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -3.61%
75th Percentile - £588 £513
90th Percentile - - £520
England median daily rate £450 £500 £431
% change year-on-year -10.00% +16.14% +9.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Manual 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 the North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 270 398 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.12% 91.49% 84.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 307 335
10th Percentile £227 £248 £165
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £658 £708 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 2 15
10th Percentile £11.48 £32.98 £10.77
25th Percentile £12.13 £35.56 £12.91
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +6.45%
75th Percentile £46.82 £45.56 £18.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £35.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the North East

Manual Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Manual Testing in the North East

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cerner Millennium
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cerner