Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Colchester

Manual Testing
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Colchester 16.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median daily rate £300 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10 0 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester 40.00% - 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile £235 - £266
25th Percentile - - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £388 - £513
90th Percentile - - £550
Essex median daily rate £415 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +3.75% -15.79% +5.56%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Colchester

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Colchester

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

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

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation