QA Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in London

Quality Assurance Manual Tester
England > London

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Manual Tester daily rate in London.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 380 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manual Tester 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 -
England median daily rate - £400 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,157 14,282 17,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 9,248 12,923
10th Percentile £340 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 154 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £56.63 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

QA Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Manual Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

QA Manual Tester job vacancy trend in London

QA Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manual Tester job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manual Tester job vacancies in London

QA Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, QA Manual Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring QA Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

QA Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AS400
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA