Manual Tester Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Manual Tester
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Manual Tester daily rate in Salisbury is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 1.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 66 65 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.48% 94.20% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 33 36
10th Percentile £220 £216 £281
25th Percentile £425 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.98% -0.42%
75th Percentile £706 £575 £620
90th Percentile - £668 £725
Wiltshire median daily rate £568 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £18.23 - -
25th Percentile £18.93 - -
Median hourly rate £21.76 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +110.53% -56.49%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Manual Tester job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, 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 Salisbury region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

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

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM