Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Manual Testing
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.06% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £365 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 106 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 80.14% 79.70% 79.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 65 64
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £179 £203 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% -23.47%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £494
90th Percentile £638 £663 £634
Merseyside median daily rate £395 £428 £400
% change year-on-year -7.60% +6.88% -19.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 21
10th Percentile £14.68 - -
25th Percentile £15.82 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.44 £17.44 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.67% -3.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £25.38 £19.36 £34.32
90th Percentile - £27.06 £37.18
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £20.11
% change year-on-year +45.53% -13.28% +14.91%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 3 (100.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Test Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Wealth Management
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA