Manual Test Analyst Contracts with Work from Home Options

Manual Test Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Manual Test Analyst daily rate in Work from Home is £406 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 465 608
Rank change year-on-year +131 +143 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Test Analyst 3 2 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.008% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.008% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 15
10th Percentile £366 - £256
25th Percentile £380 £185 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £195 £350
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -44.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £430 £205 £379
90th Percentile £442 - £388
UK median daily rate £344 £585 £350
% change year-on-year -41.24% +67.14% +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Manual Test Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Manual Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Manual Test Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

Manual Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Manual Test Analyst.

Manual Test Analyst daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Manual Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Manual Test Analyst 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Manual Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Bugzilla
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum

Manual Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bugzilla
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared