QA Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Quality Assurance Manual Tester
North West > Manchester

As of 19 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 Manchester.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.084% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,099 1,013 1,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 93.80% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 728 610 1,043
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 40 60
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.62
25th Percentile £19.45 £21.25 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +64.56% -43.57%
75th Percentile £33.00 £38.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £73.93
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +59.09%

QA Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

QA Manual Tester job vacancy trend in Manchester

QA Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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