Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Manual Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.20% - 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile - - £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £525
75th Percentile - - £578
90th Percentile - - £651
East of England median daily rate £400 - £513
% change year-on-year - - +2.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 471 414 663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 92.17% 83.13% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 159 358
10th Percentile £194 £246 £273
25th Percentile £400 £313 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.24% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £628 £775
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 98 156
10th Percentile £16.45 £15.10 £17.74
25th Percentile £17.97 £31.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.19 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.38 £74.13 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.91
% change year-on-year -16.00% +25.60% -5.21%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Manual Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Watford - 1 £400 -
Manual Testing
East of England

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce