Quality Assurance Manual Tester
UK

The median Quality Assurance Manual Tester salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 976 1193
Rank change year-on-year +84 +217 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manual Tester 2 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.009% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.009% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,900 -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +21.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,250 £47,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £48,375
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +25.00%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

QA Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manual Tester in the UK

QA Manual Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QA Manual Tester in the UK

QA Manual Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manual Tester over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manual Tester in the UK

QA Manual Tester
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manual Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +117 2 £47,500 -5.00% 1
London +156 1 £60,000 -4.00%

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, QA 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 QA Manual Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Hitachi
2 1 (50.00%) STB
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Media Streaming
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Over-the-Top Content
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Swagger
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing

QA 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Media Streaming
1 1 (50.00%) Over-the-Top Content
1 1 (50.00%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hitachi