Manual Tester Contracts in Birmingham

Manual Tester
West Midlands > Birmingham

As of 26 June 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Manual Tester daily rate in Birmingham.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 78
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.19% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - £213
% change year-on-year - - -29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 459 724 861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.10% 94.27% 96.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 502 586
10th Percentile £163 £235 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £642 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 39 34
10th Percentile - £13.76 £12.50
25th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £14.03
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £24.44 £48.75 £25.66
90th Percentile £29.16 £59.58 £61.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.00 £20.84
% change year-on-year +28.11% -8.82% +19.07%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in Birmingham

Manual Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Manual Tester in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA