Manual Testing Contracts in the Midlands

Manual Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 168 191
Rank change year-on-year +46 +23 -43
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 13 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.14% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.16% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 14
10th Percentile £250 £283 £302
25th Percentile £256 £302 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £363 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% +0.78%
75th Percentile £369 £431 £384
90th Percentile - £443 £439
England median daily rate £450 £500 £431
% change year-on-year -10.00% +16.14% +9.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Manual Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,247 3,061 4,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.13% 88.39% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,501 2,132 3,341
10th Percentile £235 £250 £233
25th Percentile £356 £370 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 120 155
10th Percentile £11.09 £11.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £15.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.64 £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.25 £33.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Manual Testing in the Midlands

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Manual Testing in the Midlands

Manual Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Manual Testing in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
West Midlands +36 7 £288 -32.35% 5
East Midlands +17 6 £363 +21.85% 2
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Analyst
1 13 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Data Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Test Lead
4 1 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Lead DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Scenario Testing
1 8 (61.54%) Test Scripting
2 7 (53.85%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (46.15%) DevOps
4 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Performance Testing
5 4 (30.77%) System Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Web Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) SDLC
6 3 (23.08%) System Integration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
7 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
8 1 (7.69%) CRM
8 1 (7.69%) Functional Testing
8 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
8 1 (7.69%) Non-Functional Testing
8 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.69%) ISEB
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft