Manual Testing
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Manual Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manual Testing over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 114 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -4 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing Manual Testing | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | - | 0.26% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.29% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £224 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £297 | £556 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -24.44% | +60.71% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £441 | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £450 | - |
| South East median daily rate | £438 | £444 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.41% | -11.25% | +36.05% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
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 Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,081 | 1,730 | 1,627 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 93.27% | 88.81% | 90.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 633 | 911 | 1,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £213 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £416 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.34% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £608 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £703 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.05% | -1.91% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 100 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.29 | £18.95 | £19.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.05 | £41.44 | £24.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £60.57 | £56.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.53% | +6.48% | +170.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £76.77 | £71.89 | £73.59 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.19 | £87.46 | £79.40 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -3.06% | +123.23% |
Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Manual Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in Berkshire.
Manual Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in Berkshire.