Manual Testing Jobs in the Thames Valley

Manual Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 228 256
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 -88
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 21 32 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.31% 0.55% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.58% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21 19 18
10th Percentile - £32,250 £35,700
25th Percentile £43,750 £34,375 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £47,188
90th Percentile - £53,250 £52,875
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,757 5,550 6,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.93% 94.81% 93.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,892 3,034 3,849
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the Thames Valley

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Manual Testing in the Thames Valley

Manual Testing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire -9 13 £47,500 -9.52%
Berkshire +26 8 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 10 (47.62%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (52.38%) NUnit
1 11 (52.38%) Selenium
1 11 (52.38%) Visual Studio
2 9 (42.86%) WebDriver
3 1 (4.76%) Postman
General
1 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) QA Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Test Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Integration Test Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (52.38%) .NET
2 9 (42.86%) .NET Core
2 9 (42.86%) JSON
2 9 (42.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Life Science
1 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Test Automation
2 17 (80.95%) Agile
3 10 (47.62%) DevOps
3 10 (47.62%) Integration Testing
3 10 (47.62%) System Integration Testing
4 9 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (42.86%) Microservices
4 9 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
4 9 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 8 (38.10%) SDET
6 7 (33.33%) Scrum
7 2 (9.52%) Analytics
7 2 (9.52%) QA Automation
8 1 (4.76%) End-to-End Testing
8 1 (4.76%) Innovative Thinking
8 1 (4.76%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (4.76%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (4.76%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) SQL
2 12 (57.14%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ISEB
2 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (95.24%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft