Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Manual Tester
Central London > City of London

The median Manual Tester daily rate in the City of London is £315, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £308 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 - -
75th Percentile £323 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £315 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,685 2,000 2,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.11% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,181 1,236 1,753
10th Percentile £325 £359 £355
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £768 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £23.25 £19.51
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +95.92% -42.35%
75th Percentile £52.19 £107.13 £44.56
90th Percentile £64.30 £129.85 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.00% +40.08% -40.51%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Manual Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Manual Tester job vacancy trend in the City of London

Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in the City of London

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Manual Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workday

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Workday