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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 67 75
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.38% 0.39% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.46% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £433 £349 -
25th Percentile £463 £410 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 -
75th Percentile £588 £538 -
90th Percentile £618 - -
South West median daily rate £394 £575 £484
% change year-on-year -31.52% +18.86% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.25
Median hourly rate - - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £72.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £40.00

All Process and 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 695 651 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 88.09% 84.11% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 348 570
10th Percentile £230 £225 £300
25th Percentile £385 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -10.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £746 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 90 122
10th Percentile £15.12 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Manual Testing in Bristol

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Software Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) Software Quality Assurance