Manual Tester Contracts in the South East

Manual Tester
England > South East

The median Manual Tester daily rate in the South East is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 - 254
Rank change year-on-year - - -39
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Tester 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.036% - 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £321
25th Percentile £175 - £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £344
75th Percentile £225 - £361
90th Percentile - - £362
England median daily rate £355 £425 £350
% change year-on-year -16.47% +21.43% +21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,082 5,312 7,337
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 94.60% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,047 3,696 5,027
10th Percentile £225 £224 £205
25th Percentile £400 £389 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £602 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 494 232 316
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.23 £21.98 £15.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +147.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.95 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in the South East

Manual Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Manual Tester in the South East

Manual Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Manual Tester in the South East

Manual Tester
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 - 1 £200 -
Surrey - 1 - -
Thames Valley - 1 £200 -
Manual Tester
England

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 across the South East region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SMS

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SMS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center