Test Assurance Contracts in Manchester

Test Assurance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Test Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Test Assurance 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.098% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
North West median daily rate £513 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Test Assurance 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 905 1,045 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.90% 86.65% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 657 1,149
10th Percentile £306 £335 £285
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £672 £705 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 47 54
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.97 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.43 £16.37
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% +79.49% +11.43%
75th Percentile £57.75 £62.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £76.50 £87.00 £68.80
North West median hourly rate £27.19 £35.00 £30.76
% change year-on-year -22.32% +13.80% +41.21%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in Manchester

Test Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Test Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA