Junior Manual Tester Contracts

Junior Manual Tester
UK

The median Junior Manual Tester daily rate in the UK is £125 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 - 861
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Manual Tester 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% - 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £113 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 - £300
75th Percentile £138 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £300

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Junior Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Manual Tester in the UK

Junior Manual Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior Manual Tester.

Daily rate trend for Junior Manual Tester in the UK

Junior Manual Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior Manual Tester.

Hourly rate trend for Junior Manual Tester in the UK

Junior Manual Tester
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Manual Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England - 2 £125 -
Work from Home - 1 £125 -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
London - 1 £125 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Junior Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Swagger
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Junior Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA