Test Specialist Contracts in the North West

Test Specialist
England > North West

As of 21 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Specialist daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.045% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +38.89%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,041 2,305 2,703
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 94.74% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,377 1,864
10th Percentile £263 £276 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £656
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 200 151
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +14.60% +35.73%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.87 £65.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -42.22% +6.95% +63.85%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Test Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in the North West

Test Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in the North West

Test Specialist
DemandTrendContract 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 Test Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 1 - -
Test Specialist
England

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Test Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce