Manual Testing
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Manual Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Manual Testing over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Manual Testing | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 2.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 2.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £485 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +241.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +11.11% | +20.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 134 | 135 | 177 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 77.01% | 75.42% | 86.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 62 | 69 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £167 | £164 | £155 |
| 25th Percentile | £322 | £350 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £400 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.25% | -11.11% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £488 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £638 | £560 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 6 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.58 | £10.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.25 | - | £10.26 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.10 | £13.91 | £12.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.69% | +11.28% | -10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.18 | £15.85 | £21.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £31.88 | £17.47 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £36.50 | £35.02 | £25.68 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.24% | +36.35% | +11.65% |
Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Manual Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in Northern Ireland.