Manual Testing Jobs in England

Manual Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 489 464
Rank change year-on-year -89 -25 +10
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 242 521 997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.56% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.59% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 223 360 572
10th Percentile £35,150 £34,425 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,365 £39,604 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,100 £74,686
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.89% +7.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Manual Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in England.

Salary trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +26 64 £52,500 -12.50% 27
South East -31 47 £47,500 +5.56% 9
South West -15 46 £36,984 -22.14% 8
Midlands +3 37 £47,500 +18.01% 7
North of England -48 30 £37,500 -16.67% 10
West Midlands +35 21 £63,749 +22.52% 6
East of England -21 18 £37,500 -6.25% 3
North West -21 18 £37,500 -31.19% 7
East Midlands -17 16 £36,500 -8.75% 1
Yorkshire +50 11 £45,000 +20.00% 3
North East -9 1 - -
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (2.07%) Confluence
2 3 (1.24%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.83%) Simulink
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.60%) Azure
2 23 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 22 (9.09%) PowerApps
4 20 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (8.26%) SaaS
5 19 (7.85%) AWS
6 11 (4.55%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.31%) BrowserStack
7 8 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.07%) GitHub
9 3 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.83%) npm
10 2 (0.83%) Serverless
10 2 (0.83%) Yarn
11 1 (0.41%) Figma
11 1 (0.41%) GCP
11 1 (0.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.65%) SSH
2 2 (0.83%) Broadband
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.37%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.55%) Power BI
4 5 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.07%) SAP BW
4 5 (2.07%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.65%) MariaDB
5 4 (1.65%) MySQL
6 2 (0.83%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 52 (21.49%) Selenium
2 42 (17.36%) JIRA
3 20 (8.26%) Cucumber
3 20 (8.26%) Cypress.io
4 19 (7.85%) Git
5 18 (7.44%) WebDriver
6 13 (5.37%) Postman
7 12 (4.96%) Appium
7 12 (4.96%) NUnit
8 11 (4.55%) Jenkins
8 11 (4.55%) SpecFlow
8 11 (4.55%) TestRail
8 11 (4.55%) Visual Studio
9 8 (3.31%) SoapUI
9 8 (3.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (3.31%) UI Automator
10 6 (2.48%) JMeter
11 4 (1.65%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.83%) Bugzilla
12 2 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 74 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.92%) Finance
3 22 (9.09%) Fire and Rescue
4 17 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.96%) Automotive
5 12 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.55%) Retail
7 10 (4.13%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.72%) Legal
9 8 (3.31%) Law
10 6 (2.48%) Marketing
11 5 (2.07%) Banking
11 5 (2.07%) Electronics
11 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.83%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (16.53%) Analyst
2 37 (15.29%) QA Engineer
3 33 (13.64%) Developer
3 33 (13.64%) Test Engineer
4 30 (12.40%) Lead
5 29 (11.98%) Tester
6 25 (10.33%) Test Analyst
7 20 (8.26%) QA Leader
8 16 (6.61%) QA Analyst
8 16 (6.61%) Test Leader
9 14 (5.79%) Senior
10 12 (4.96%) Software Tester
10 12 (4.96%) Test Manager
11 11 (4.55%) Applications Developer
11 11 (4.55%) Software Developer
12 7 (2.89%) Automation Analyst
12 7 (2.89%) QA Manager
12 7 (2.89%) Software Test Engineer
13 6 (2.48%) Head of Development
13 6 (2.48%) Head of Software Development
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.09%) .NET
2 18 (7.44%) REST
3 15 (6.20%) XML
4 13 (5.37%) Playwright
5 10 (4.13%) .NET Core
5 10 (4.13%) JSON
6 7 (2.89%) Gherkin
6 7 (2.89%) HTML
6 7 (2.89%) SOAP
7 5 (2.07%) RESTful
8 4 (1.65%) ADO
8 4 (1.65%) CSS
8 4 (1.65%) CSS3
8 4 (1.65%) HTML5
8 4 (1.65%) Laravel
8 4 (1.65%) Sass
8 4 (1.65%) Spring
8 4 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (1.65%) Vue
9 3 (1.24%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.98%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.79%) Mobile App
4 13 (5.37%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.72%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.72%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.48%) Smartphone
8 5 (2.07%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.24%) PMI
11 2 (0.83%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.83%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.83%) IoT
11 2 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.50%) Windows
2 21 (8.68%) Linux
3 8 (3.31%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.89%) Unix
5 5 (2.07%) Android
6 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Debian
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (70.66%) Test Automation
2 144 (59.50%) Agile
3 82 (33.88%) DevOps
4 54 (22.31%) User Experience
5 53 (21.90%) Software Testing
6 41 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (16.53%) Test Scripting
8 37 (15.29%) Scrum
9 34 (14.05%) API Testing
9 34 (14.05%) SDLC
10 30 (12.40%) Regression Testing
10 30 (12.40%) Test Strategy
11 29 (11.98%) Code Quality
12 28 (11.57%) CI/CD
13 27 (11.16%) Computer Science
14 23 (9.50%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (7.44%) Microservices
16 18 (7.44%) User Acceptance Testing
17 17 (7.02%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 61 (25.21%) SQL
2 47 (19.42%) Java
3 34 (14.05%) C#
4 28 (11.57%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.44%) Python
6 9 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.07%) C
7 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.65%) PHP
9 2 (0.83%) C++
9 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.41%) Bash
10 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.41%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 46 (19.01%) Degree
2 40 (16.53%) ISTQB
3 19 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (7.44%) ISEB
5 9 (3.72%) Master's Degree
5 9 (3.72%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.07%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.24%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.24%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.83%) HND
8 2 (0.83%) MCAD
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (57.85%) QA
2 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
2 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.83%) SLA
3 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.83%) Firmware
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.07%) Grafana
1 5 (2.07%) Kibana
1 5 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.24%) Ansible
2 3 (1.24%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 49 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.89%) SAP
3 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
3 5 (2.07%) UiPath
4 2 (0.83%) BT
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe
5 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.41%) Databricks
5 1 (0.41%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.41%) HP
5 1 (0.41%) OpenLink
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.41%) VMware