Manual Tester Contracts in the Thames Valley

Manual Tester
South East > Thames Valley

The median Manual Tester daily rate in the Thames Valley is £200 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 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.037% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £175 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
75th Percentile £225 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £200 - £344

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,498 2,771 3,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 94.32% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,920 2,280
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in the Thames Valley

Manual Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Manual Tester in the Thames Valley

Manual Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Manual Tester in the Thames Valley

Manual Tester
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire - 1 £200 - 1
Manual Tester
South East

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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

1 1 (100.00%) SMS
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SMS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA