Hire Manual Testers
Developers test that the feature does what the ticket says. A manual tester checks what happens when a customer does something the ticket never mentioned: pastes a phone number with spaces, presses Back halfway through payment, or opens the page on a five-year-old phone. Those are the defects that reach production.
The tester you hire joins your tracker and your release routine and reports to you. They raise bugs a developer can act on without a follow-up question, and they tell you plainly when a build is not ready to go out.
Testing jobs you can pass to us
These six cover most of what a manual tester is asked to do. If your need is different, describe it and we will say whether we can help.
Exploratory testing of new features
Time-boxed sessions with a written charter: what is being explored, what was tried, what was found. The tester looks for the gaps between the specification and how people really use the screen.
Regression runs before a release
Working through the agreed checklist on the release candidate and recording pass or fail against each case with the build number, so you know exactly what was checked and on which version.
Writing and maintaining test cases
Cases with preconditions, numbered steps and an expected result, kept in a test management tool or a spreadsheet. Outdated cases are retired so the set does not grow into something nobody can finish.
Bug reports developers can use
Each report has steps to reproduce, expected and actual behaviour, environment, a screenshot or recording, and console or network output where relevant. Severity and priority are set separately.
Device and browser coverage
Checking layouts, touch targets and on-screen keyboards on phones and tablets as well as desktop browsers. The device list is drawn from your analytics, not from everything that exists.
User acceptance support
Preparing scenarios in business language for your own staff or clients to run, collecting their findings, and separating real defects from change requests before they reach the development team.
What a tester works with day to day
Manual does not mean without tools. These are the ones our testers use to plan, record and report.
- Test management
- TestRailZephyrXrayQase
- Bug tracking
- JiraAzure DevOpsLinearGitHub IssuesTrello
- Browsers & devices
- Chrome DevToolsFirefox Developer ToolsSafari Web InspectorBrowserStackAndroid EmulatorXcode Simulator
- API checks
- PostmanInsomniaSwagger UI
- Traffic inspection
- Charles ProxyFiddlermitmproxy
- Accessibility
- axe DevToolsWAVENVDAVoiceOverLighthouse
Which level of tester the job calls for
The difference between levels is how much direction the person needs, and how much of the risk they spot without being told where to look.
Junior
Follows written test cases accurately and records results. Writes clear bug reports with steps and evidence. Needs someone to say what to test and in what order.
Choose when: test cases already exist and a QA lead or product owner sets the priorities.
Mid-level
Writes the test cases from a requirement or a design file, plans a regression run, and explores beyond the script. Can query a database or call an API to confirm what the screen shows.
Choose when: you release regularly and want one person to own testing for a product or a squad.
Senior
Builds the test approach for a product: what is risky, what gets tested first, what the release criteria are. Pushes back on unclear requirements before development starts.
Choose when: you have no QA process yet, or the product handles payments, health data or anything else where a defect is expensive.
Getting a tester onto your next release
Send us the outline
Tell us what the product is, which platforms it runs on, and how often you release. A test build or staging link lets us judge the effort far better than a description.
Talk to the person proposed
We put one named tester forward with their profile. You speak with them yourself and can turn the proposal down, in which case we offer someone else.
Try one test cycle
Pick a single feature or one release candidate. You will see the quality of the bug reports and of the questions asked before deciding on a longer arrangement.
Settle into a routine
Bugs and test runs are logged in your own tracker. A written summary arrives each week showing what was tested and what is waiting, and you are invoiced once a month.
What manual testing costs per hour
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | AED 110 | AED 17,600 |
| Backend / API | AED 118 | AED 18,880 |
| Full-stack | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| DevOps / Cloud | AED 147 | AED 23,520 |
| AI / Automation engineer | AED 165 | AED 26,400 |
| QA / Test engineer | AED 92 | AED 14,720 |
| UI / UX design | AED 103 | AED 16,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in UAE dirhams (converted from our US-dollar rates at the fixed peg of 3.6725), before VAT where applicable, and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Is a dedicated tester what you need?
We are a good choice when
- Developers are currently testing their own work and defects keep reaching customers.
- You release on a schedule and need the same checks done properly every time.
- Your product runs on several devices or browsers and nobody has time to check them all.
- You are an agency and want an independent pair of eyes before a client sees the build.
Look elsewhere when
- You need a single afternoon of testing before a launch. Our smallest engagement is 40 hours a month.
- You are looking for a formal security penetration test. That is a separate discipline with its own specialists.
- The tester would have to sit in your office.
- You want someone to sign off that the software has no bugs. No tester can honestly say that. We report what was checked and what was found.
Common questions about manual testing
Why pay for manual testing when automation exists?
Automation repeats checks that someone already thought of. A person notices things no script was told to look for: a confusing label, a total that is wrong by a penny, a button hidden behind the keyboard. Most teams need both, and new features nearly always start with manual testing.
Do you test on real devices?
We agree a device list with you at the start. Physical handsets are used for touch behaviour, performance, camera and notifications. Emulators and cloud device services widen the coverage for layout checks.
How do you decide what to test when time is short?
By risk. The tester ranks areas by how likely they are to break and how much a failure would cost, starting with whatever changed in this build and whatever takes money. You see the ranking and can change it.
Can the tester work without written requirements?
Yes, though it is slower at first. The tester learns the product by exploring it and asking questions, then writes down the expected behaviour as test cases. Those cases often become the first documentation the product has had.
Where are test cases and results kept?
In your accounts: your tracker, your test management tool, or a shared spreadsheet you own. Nothing is stored only on our side, and the agreement covers ownership and confidentiality.
How is the arrangement ended?
It runs a month at a time. Let us know before the following month starts, and the tester closes or hands over open test runs and leaves notes on anything unfinished.
Send us the testing brief
Say what the product is, where it runs (web, iOS, Android), and when the next release is due. That is enough for a first answer. We reply within one business day.