QA Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in the North West

Quality Assurance Manual Tester
England > North West

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 the North West.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.040% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £400 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 2,285 2,010 2,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.75% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,135 1,682
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £358 £380 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 119 168
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.46 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.58 £17.72 £17.74
Median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +59.09%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £69.83 £65.50 £64.13
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

QA Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

QA Manual Tester job vacancy trend in the North West

QA Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manual Tester job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manual Tester job vacancies in the North West

QA Manual Tester
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manual Tester within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Manchester - 1 - -
QA Manual Tester
England

QA Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

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 North West 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 the North West 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