Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Manual Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 86 107
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +25
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.21% 0.075% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.093% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £356
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.76%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £619
England median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.05 - -
Median hourly rate £30.11 - -
75th Percentile £30.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 - £53.75
% change year-on-year - - -10.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,266 1,073 1,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.34% 80.13% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 429 903
10th Percentile £195 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £603
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 232 374
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -11.24% +27.14%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Manual Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Manual Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Cambridgeshire -2 2 - - 2
Hertfordshire - 1 £400 - 2
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Manual Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce