Manual Testing Contracts in Central London

Manual Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 122 160
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +12
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% 0.45% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.50% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 6
10th Percentile £421 - £569
25th Percentile £434 £375 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £638
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -29.41% +63.46%
75th Percentile £484 £575 £722
90th Percentile £494 £639 £738
London median daily rate £475 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -7.32% -6.82% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in Central London

Manual Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Manual Testing in Central London

Manual Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Manual Testing in Central London

Manual Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London 0 3 £463 +2.78% 2
Southwark - 1 £425 -
Manual Testing
London

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
1 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Cypress.io
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) PHPUnit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Jest
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft