Manual Testing
South East > Thames Valley
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 132 | 148 | 157 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +9 | -36 |
| Contract jobs citing Manual Testing | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.26% | 0.14% | 0.32% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.30% | 0.15% | 0.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £224 | £356 | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £297 | £389 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £453 | £360 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.08% | +25.69% | -10.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £441 | £514 | £395 |
| 90th Percentile | £450 | £547 | £412 |
| South East median daily rate | £444 | £500 | £371 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.25% | +34.68% | -4.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £68.08 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £68.17 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £68.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | - | £68.17 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +43.51% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,348 | 2,701 | 3,092 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 87.25% | 91.93% | 88.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,307 | 1,878 | 2,085 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £320 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £369 | £413 | £386 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £501 | £506 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.14% | +1.25% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 172 | 62 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.52 | £18.60 | £10.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.94 | £24.86 | £12.05 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £51.25 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +192.86% | -16.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £66.21 | £25.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.61 | £79.19 | £67.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.50 | £50.00 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +122.22% | -12.62% |
Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Manual Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the Thames Valley.
Manual Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Manual Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the Thames Valley.
Manual Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -4 | 5 | £425 | -24.44% | 3 |
| Buckinghamshire | +30 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Manual Testing South East |
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Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:
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