System Testing Contracts in Manchester

System Testing
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 84 117
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 +20
Contract jobs citing System Testing 9 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.97% 0.79% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.91% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 0
10th Percentile £451 - -
25th Percentile £472 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - -
75th Percentile £597 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
North West median daily rate £514 £500 -
% change year-on-year +2.80% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

System 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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in Manchester

System Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing System Testing in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for System Testing in Manchester

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in Manchester

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in Manchester

System Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP EWM
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
2 1 (11.11%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JMeter
1 4 (44.44%) LoadRunner
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Software Tester
1 4 (44.44%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) SAP EWM Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) HR Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) HR Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP HR Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP HR Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Integration Testing
2 5 (55.56%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Validation
3 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Data Validation
3 4 (44.44%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 4 (44.44%) System Integration Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (11.11%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) CIPD
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP