Manual Tester
UK

The median Manual Tester salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 897 964 1167
Rank change year-on-year +67 +203 -288
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 7 29 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.028% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.031% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 7 26 40
10th Percentile £42,000 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,438 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.61% +8.13% +9.59%
75th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £70,625 £48,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% - +11.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Tester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +68 7 £50,000 +13.64% 2
London +115 5 £50,000 -4.76%
Work from Home +80 3 £50,000 +25.00%
UK excluding London 0 2 £43,750 +9.38% 2
North of England +50 1 £45,000 -
North West +6 1 £45,000 -
South East +5 1 £42,500 -9.57% 2

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Manual Tester 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 permanent job ads featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Postman
4 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
4 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
4 2 (28.57%) RESTful
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) API Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) ISEB
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) ClickUp
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Postman
3 1 (14.29%) Fiddler
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
3 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Law
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Media Streaming
2 1 (14.29%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (14.29%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) API Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Trend Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Aderant
2 1 (14.29%) Hitachi
2 1 (14.29%) iManage
2 1 (14.29%) Intapp