Manual Tester Contracts in London

Manual Tester
England > London

The median Manual Tester daily rate in London is £366 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 478 577
Rank change year-on-year +101 +99 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 17 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.095% 0.062% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.065% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 9
10th Percentile £320 £228 £156
25th Percentile £337 £308 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £366 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.54% -2.38% +42.37%
75th Percentile £431 £666 £600
90th Percentile £529 £835 £605
England median daily rate £356 £413 £344
% change year-on-year -13.64% +20.00% +19.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,640 26,016 37,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.31% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,027 18,790 27,160
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 295 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.99 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.99% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.45 £77.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Manual Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in London

Manual Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in London.

Daily rate trend for Manual Tester in London

Manual Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manual Tester in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Manual Tester in London

Manual Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in London.

Hourly rate trend for Manual Tester in London

Manual Tester
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Central London +42 3 £400 -23.81%
East London - 2 £340 -
Manual Tester
England

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Manual Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Agile
2 12 (70.59%) Manual Testing
2 12 (70.59%) Scenario Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Azure
3 9 (52.94%) DevOps
3 9 (52.94%) ADO
4 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
4 8 (47.06%) Acceptance Criteria
4 8 (47.06%) End-to-End Testing
5 7 (41.18%) Epics
5 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
5 7 (41.18%) Scrum
6 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
6 6 (35.29%) User Stories
6 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Gherkin
9 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
9 3 (17.65%) Validation
9 3 (17.65%) Degree
9 3 (17.65%) Traceability Matrix
9 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (11.76%) Exploratory Testing
10 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
10 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
10 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
10 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
10 2 (11.76%) Journey Map
10 2 (11.76%) Project Management

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Selenium
2 1 (5.88%) Burp Suite
2 1 (5.88%) Gerrit
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) JUnit
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
2 1 (5.88%) Serenity BDD
2 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
2 1 (5.88%) TestNG
2 1 (5.88%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (52.94%) ADO
2 4 (23.53%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Agile
2 12 (70.59%) Manual Testing
2 12 (70.59%) Scenario Testing
3 9 (52.94%) DevOps
4 8 (47.06%) Acceptance Criteria
4 8 (47.06%) End-to-End Testing
4 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
5 7 (41.18%) Epics
5 7 (41.18%) Scrum
6 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
6 6 (35.29%) User Stories
7 5 (29.41%) Regression Testing
8 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
8 3 (17.65%) Traceability Matrix
8 3 (17.65%) Validation
9 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
9 2 (11.76%) Exploratory Testing
9 2 (11.76%) Journey Map
9 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) ISEB
3 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) HP
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle