Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Manual Tester
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The median Manual Tester daily rate in North Yorkshire is £315, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 1.14% - 3.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% - 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £308 - £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 - £455
75th Percentile £323 - £458
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £315 - £389
% change year-on-year - - +11.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North Yorkshire. 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 North Yorkshire with a recognized job title 70 109 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.55% 90.08% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 47 109
10th Percentile £120 £171 £161
25th Percentile £153 £206 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £488
90th Percentile £623 £700 £614
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -1.02% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 10
10th Percentile £18.29 £15.65 £15.98
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.83 £17.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.14% -20.45% +23.32%
75th Percentile £29.01 £18.75 £29.63
90th Percentile £50.28 £42.50 £44.05
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.08 £23.34 £21.31
% change year-on-year +7.43% +9.53% +6.55%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Manual Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire.

Manual Tester job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in North Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in North Yorkshire

Manual Tester
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Middlesbrough - 1 £315 -
Manual Tester
Yorkshire

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft