Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in West London

Manual Testing
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 28 43
Rank change year-on-year - +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in West London - 0.47% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.56% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £410 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +26.15% -8.45%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £410 £418 £525
% change year-on-year -1.80% -20.48% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

Manual Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 270 178 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 88.24% 83.18% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 126 284
10th Percentile £204 £220 £202
25th Percentile £357 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -20.43% +2.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £600
90th Percentile £638 £588 £666
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 23
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.20 £17.10
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.13 £31.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.93 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -58.31% -11.29%
75th Percentile £30.56 £28.63 £69.50
90th Percentile £37.88 £37.53 £83.00
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -12.53% +5.88% -12.54%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in West London

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Manual Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Manual Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Manual Testing