Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Manual Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 51 73
Rank change year-on-year -24 +22 +26
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.084% 0.76% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.82% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £373 £508
25th Percentile £613 £463 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -9.48% -
75th Percentile £638 £538 £590
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £375 £525 £585
% change year-on-year -28.57% -10.26% +5.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 946 489 864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 79.90% 92.44% 82.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 298 504
10th Percentile £325 £213 £252
25th Percentile £401 £362 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £452 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -9.60% -
75th Percentile £570 £588 £624
90th Percentile £650 £675 £686
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 67 155
10th Percentile £18.11 £25.55 £36.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £58.75 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -22.76%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Manual Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Manual Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC