Senior Manual Tester Contract Job Trends

Senior Manual Tester
UK

As of 20 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Manual Tester daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 556 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Manual Tester 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.003% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £375 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 29,964 35,807 47,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.94% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,916 22,003 32,212
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 1,672 1,513
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.16 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%

Senior Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Manual Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Manual Tester in the UK

Senior Manual Tester
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manual Tester job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Manual Tester job vacancies in the UK

Senior Manual Tester
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Manual Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
England +13 1 - -
UK excluding London +4 1 - -
North of England -29 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Senior Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, Senior Manual Tester 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 featuring Senior Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) FHIR
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Senior Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility