Exploratory Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

1 to 25 of 117 Exploratory Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Manager

Bath, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
to gain significant experience and make a meaningful impact within a dynamic team. Working with the Head of Delivery to develop and implement the testing strategy to deliver market leading products and good customer outcomes. A key part of the role is to ensure effective governance and oversight of … internal and external testing activities and ensuring they align with regulations, policies, standards, and procedures and that all outsourcing contractual agreements are met. As a Test Manager, you will play a crucial role in delivering our transformation roadmap, ensuring that all testing activities align with our quality-first … approach. You will be responsible for defining and overseeing the Test Strategy, managing testing activities across internal Agile teams and external providers. This includes working closely with third parties, one of whom provides Testing as a Service (TaaS), to ensure a consistent and seamless approach to testing More ❯
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Software Engineer in Test

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Plan A Digital
90k Our client a cutting-edge fintech business is looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test (Java SDET) to strengthen their automated testing framework and drive software quality to the highest standards. This is a great opportunity for someone passionate about automation, exploratory testing, and collaborating … with experienced developers in a dynamic environment. Duties: Expand and improve automated acceptance/end-to-end tests Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and ensure robustness Pair with developers to enhance testing infrastructure for continuous delivery Proactively identify areas for improvement in software quality Essential … Experience: Strong Object-Oriented Programming in Java Proven background as an SDET Component testing, end-to-end testing & failure scenario testing Exploratory testing Desirable Experience: Continuous Delivery & CI/CD environments API & UI Testing (Selenium) Event-driven systems & messaging protocols Extreme Programming & Pair Programming More ❯
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Senior QA Test Engineer C# API Performance Testing

Reigate, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server
Senior QA Test Engineer C# API Performance Testing Senior QA Test Engineer C# API Performance Testing 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants This range is provided by Client Server. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to … learn more. Base pay range Direct message the job poster from Client Server Senior QA Test Engineer (C# API Performance Testing) Reigate/WFH to £85k Do you enjoy breaking things and putting them back together to discover how they work? You could be progressing your career, in a … and frameworks and work with software developers to achieve high levels of test automation with a focus on complex backend C#, API and Performance Testing (JMeter). You'll work end-to-end, liaising with the Product Owner to define User Stories, through to executing manual and automation tests More ❯
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Senior QA Test Engineer C# API Azure SaaS

Reigate, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server
and frameworks and work with software developers to achieve high levels of test automation with a focus on complex backend C#, API and Performance Testing (JMeter). You'll work end-to-end, liaising with the Product Owner to define User Stories, through to executing manual and automation tests … performing exploratory testing and investigating new tools and processes. Location/WFH: There's a hybrid work from model, you can work from most of the week, meeting up with colleagues in Reigate 1-2 days a week in modern, open plan offices within a five minute walk … work out how to test them You have a strong knowledge of C#, including basic coding skills You have a good knowledge of Performance Testing (ideally with JMeter), Exploratory Testing, Manual Testing and Test Automation You have a good understanding of SaaS You have end-to More ❯
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Senior QA Test Engineer C# API Azure SaaS

Reigate, Surrey, South East, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server
and frameworks and work with software developers to achieve high levels of test automation with a focus on complex backend C#, API and Performance Testing (JMeter). You'll work end-to-end, liaising with the Product Owner to define User Stories, through to executing manual and automation tests … performing exploratory testing and investigating new tools and processes. Location/WFH: There's a hybrid work from model, you can work from most of the week, meeting up with colleagues in Reigate 1-2 days a week in modern, open plan offices within a five minute walk … work out how to test them You have a strong knowledge of C#, including basic coding skills You have a good knowledge of Performance Testing (ideally with JMeter), Exploratory Testing, Manual Testing and Test Automation You have a good understanding of SaaS You have end-to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £85,000
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Quality Engineer

Manchester, United Kingdom
Lloyds Banking Group
as part of a multi-skilled feature team, collaborating to ensure quality & customer requirements are met when developing products. What you'll do Software Testing - Drives advanced software testing techniques using experience to apply test approaches such as risk based testing where appropriate and communicate the approach … issue seen Automation Test Strategy - Applies the Automation Test Strategy to the applications under test in the feature team they are working on Perform exploratory testing and mentor other colleagues in the best practise to ensure product is fit for purpose Design & execute different types of complex Non … Functional testing as part of product development based on Non-Functional Requirements Create, execute and report test cases via and API, using the defined LBG test management system Mentor QE's on test environment provisioning and test data creation/useage Create or accurately request complex test data, taking More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Software QA Engineer

Belfast, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Arqit Quantum Inc
to grow. The Belfast team focus on technology built with Python, Rust, Typescript and Angular. The role will be split fairly evenly between manual testing of these innovative AI-enabled technologies, and automation: you will have the opportunity to build an automation framework, with support from the Head of … client SDKs, applications and software for a variety of platforms (IoT/mobile/server/appliance/laptop). Using a risk-based testing approach, analyse changes to the software to determine areas for in-depth exploratory testing, defining an exploratory testing plan, executing … software and services environments. Experience in defining test cases from the requirements. Experience of execution test case and bug reporting & tracking Experience of automated testing, working with Cypress or Selenium Experience in designing and developing/extending automation tools and frameworks. Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Automation Tester – HO

Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
BAE Systems (New)
developers to influence testable code design, and platform engineers to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines. You will have the opportunity to influence testing strategies and tools. Analyzing test requirements, designing reusable test scripts, and specifying environment, data, and tool needs. Overcoming development obstacles to deliver quality testing … and security tests. Assessing test automation requirements and designing technical solutions, including review of unit and integration tests. Collaborating with software engineers to clarify testing requirements and interpretations. Executing exploratory testing where scripted testing is insufficient. Your skills and experiences Knowledge of API testing (REST … Assured). Experience with automated testing tools (preferably Selenium WebDriver or Cucumber). Proficiency in Java. Experience testing UI and large data sets. Understanding of microservices architecture. Other desirable skills Kubernetes, Kafka, BDD/TDD tools, accessibility standards, AWS, Postgres. Benefits Competitive pension, employee share plans, flexible benefits More ❯
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Senior Tester

Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Cameron Clarke Associates
high quality and fit for purpose. This will involve writing, maintaining, and executing manual test cases aligned with the test strategy. The role includes exploratory testing and validating critical path scenarios to support product readiness for general release. This is a hands-on role requiring collaboration with Analysts … the continuous improvement of test practices within an Agile environment. Are you the right person for the job? Significant commercial experience in manual software testing Proven experience designing and maintaining effective manual test cases (not reliant on record-and-playback) Strong exploratory testing capabilities Experience with Azure … evidence and communicate results and observations clearly to the wider team Participate in capability reviews and retrospectives, providing feedback and capturing lessons learned Coordinate testing activities across releases and liaise with the automation team to optimise coverage Work to defined timescales and budgets while maintaining quality and attention to More ❯
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Senior Tester

Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
TLM Nexus
high quality and fit for purpose. This will involve writing, maintaining, and executing manual test cases aligned with the test strategy. The role includes exploratory testing and validating critical path scenarios to support product readiness for general release. This is a hands-on role requiring collaboration with Analysts … the continuous improvement of test practices within an Agile environment. Are you the right person for the job? Significant commercial experience in manual software testing ISEB/ISTQB certified (or equivalent relevant qualification) Proven experience designing and maintaining effective manual test cases (not reliant on record-and-playback) Strong … exploratory testing capabilities Experience with Azure DevOps for test management and work tracking Able to work autonomously and proactively manage workload Must hold or be able to achieve security clearance to SC level What will your role look like? Plan, write, and execute manual test suites and cases More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP 45,000 - 55,000 Annual
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Automation Tester - HO

Leeds, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
BAE Systems (New)
development, working alongside developers and platform engineers to influence design and integrate tests into Continuous Delivery pipelines. You will have the opportunity to influence testing approaches and tools. Analyze test requirements, design reusable test scripts, and specify environment, data, and tool needs. Overcome development obstacles to deliver quality testing … scripts. Analyze requirements for test automation, design technical solutions, and review scope and execution of unit and integration tests. Collaborate with engineers to clarify testing of their work. Perform exploratory testing when scripted testing is inadequate. Your skills and experiences Knowledge of API Testing (REST … Assured). Experience with automated test tools such as Selenium WebDriver or Cucumber. Proficiency in Java. Experience testing UI and large data sets. Understanding of microservices architecture. Other desirable skills Kubernetes, Kafka, BDD/TDD tools, accessibility standards, AWS, Postgres. Benefits Competitive pension, employee share plans, flexible health and More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Junior Software Tester

Ulverston, England, United Kingdom
Citrus-Lime Limited
It’s an exciting time to join our team! We are seeking a Junior Software Tester to join our dynamic QA team. No previous testing experience is required, as we are keen to hire individuals from any background who can demonstrate the necessary skills and the ability to learn … oriented, a great problem-solver, and excited by the prospect of working in tech, we’d love to hear from you! Key Responsibilities: · Manual Testing: Execute manual and exploratory testing to ensure software quality. · Regression Testing: Assist the QA team in performing regression testing on … new releases to identify any issues or defects. · Backlog Management: Help the team manage and clear the testing backlog to maintain a smooth development pipeline. · Collaboration: Work closely with the development team to contribute to an agile software development process. · Test Documentation: Accurately document problem reports, including issue descriptions More ❯
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Quality Assurance Analyst

Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
UKRI
a Quality assurance analyst, you will influence quality at all stages of the project, driving continuous improvement and getting involved with requirements, analysis, design, testing and release of enterprise level software applications. *Please note this advert will close on the 19th June 2025 at 23.59pm. Watch our video “Why … a Quality assurance analyst, you will influence quality at all stages of the project, driving continuous improvement and getting involved with requirements, analysis, design, testing and release of enterprise level software applications. You will work to ensure the successful delivery of the major platform work items from different IT … projects through robust integration and test processes. The ideal candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate experience with Acceptance testing (Including UAT), Exploratory Testing and Automation of functional and non-functional requirements. You will need to have an aptitude to pick up new skills quickly More ❯
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Test & Quality Assurance Manager

Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Agria Pet Insurance
business? We are looking for a highly skilled and technically astute Test and Quality Assurance Manager to lead the way in modern, automation-first testing strategies across our technology platforms. In this pivotal role, you will drive the development of a robust test automation roadmap, mentor and guide a … talented QA team, and champion continuous improvement to deliver quality at speed. Your expertise will ensure scalable, efficient, and future-ready testing practices that support rapid deployment cycles, digital innovation, and platform resilience. Your leadership will be instrumental in building a best-in-class QA function one that enhances … test tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) to improve coverage, reduce cycle times, and support CI/CD pipelines. Champion the shift-left testing mindset, embedding quality early in the software development lifecycle through close collaboration with developers, analysts, and process owners. Build and maintain strong test environments More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Test & Quality Assurance Manager

HP21, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Agria Pet Insurance
business? We are looking for a highly skilled and technically astute Test and Quality Assurance Manager to lead the way in modern, automation-first testing strategies across our technology platforms. In this pivotal role, you will drive the development of a robust test automation roadmap, mentor and guide a … talented QA team, and champion continuous improvement to deliver quality at speed. Your expertise will ensure scalable, efficient, and future-ready testing practices that support rapid deployment cycles, digital innovation, and platform resilience. Your leadership will be instrumental in building a best-in-class QA function—one that enhances … test tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) to improve coverage, reduce cycle times, and support CI/CD pipelines. Champion the shift-left testing mindset, embedding quality early in the software development lifecycle through close collaboration with developers, analysts, and process owners. Build and maintain strong test environments More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Quality Assurance Engineer

Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Akkodis
We are seeking a Junior QA Engineer to ensure the quality and security of APIs. The role involves testing for functionality, performance, and security vulnerabilities, including identifying and reporting defects in integrations and cloud services. The Junior QA Engineer will collaborate with development teams to define test cases and … criteria, validate input handling and edge cases, and ensure robust access controls and secure data handling. Additionally, the role includes performing load and performance testing, maintaining test scripts, and ensuring compliance with security best practices in an Agile environment. Responsibilities: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Developers, BAs, Product Owners … on timely resolutions. Support integration of test scripts into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps/Infrastructure teams. Perform regression, smoke, and exploratory testing as needed. Help maintain test documentation and contribute to QA best practices and knowledge sharing. Learn and apply testing techniques for More ❯
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Quality Engineer

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lloyds Banking Group
two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of the above locations. About this opportunity IP&I, Accumulation - Workplace Savings provides Testing Services to quality assure testing delivered by our partner team, 3rd party testing team, and LTC Test Team, through innovation and automation … empowered teams who are motivated to solve business problems and realise value to customers. You will be technically literate, experienced in automated and manual testing processes, keen to learn, able to communicate well, with an interest in ensuring quality services are delivered for customers and colleagues. The role will … Stream and beyond Write detailed Test Scopes, Test Plans and End of Test Reports, evidencing the quality of the software we ship Complete some exploratory testing alongside automated testing Help decide what and how to monitor & alert on for new functionality About us If you think all More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Quality Engineer

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lloyds Banking Group
to deliver value at pace by designing services that colleagues and customers find useful, intuitive, and engaging to use. What you'll do Software Testing - Drives advanced software testing techniques using experience to apply test approaches such as risk based testing where appropriate and communicate the approach … issue seen Automation Test Strategy - Applies the Automation Test Strategy to the applications under test in the feature team they are working on Perform exploratory testing and mentor other colleagues in the best practise to ensure product is fit for purpose Design & execute different types of complex Non … Functional testing as part of product development based on Non-Functional Requirements Create, execute and report test cases via and API, using the defined LBG test management system Mentor QE's on test environment provisioning and test data creation/useage Create or accurately request complex test data, taking More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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SDET Architect

Slough, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
network you want to login/join with: Are you a hands-on, automation-first QA leader ready to shape the future of intelligent testing? We’re looking for a passionate QA Architect to lead a forward-thinking team as both a technical mentor and team lead, where quality … solutions. Collaborating across multiple, isolated client projects (e.g., within telecom and enterprise environments) and helping define a shared automation platform strategy. Driving early lifecycle testing (Shift-Left), continuous integration of quality, and test architecture excellence. Using your deep understanding of OOP principles to evaluate and mentor team members on … scalable, maintainable test automation design. Contributing directly to code, championing best practices, and leading discovery/exploratory testing strategies. Participating in agile ceremonies and continuously optimising engineering processes, quality metrics, and delivery standards. What We’re Looking For A proven automation-first mindset – you won’t find manual More ❯
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Manual QA Engineer | Reading/Hybrid | £55,000 - £65,000

Reading, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Opus Recruitment Solutions
recruiter to learn more. Base Pay Range Direct message the job poster from Opus Recruitment Solutions for more details. Key Skills and Technologies Manual Testing | Linux | Jira | SQL | Test Analyst | Manual QA Engineer | Quality Assurance | ALM | SOAP | XML | JSON | AJAX About the Role Are you passionate about testing … supporting a leading health tech company that leverages technology to enhance communication and efficiency in hospitals and among doctors, used by millions daily. Responsibilities Testing Linux-based software, covering regression and exploratory testing Participating in the verification and validation phases of the software development lifecycle Note: Automation … testing is not required for this role, as the company is still developing its testing processes. Technical Requirements Testing within a Linux environment Experience with Jira and SQL Additional technologies include ALM Octane, SOAP, XML, JSON, AJAX . Benefits Salary up to £65,000 Annual bonus Hybrid More ❯
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Senior SDET

Slough, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
high quality software and committed to ensuring our clients have the best user experience possible. Testers at Trayport share an unrivaled passion for software testing and love nothing more than voraciously and persistently hunting down and investigating potential issues and helping to make our software the best it can … be. Our testers use a combination of test automation, technical testing and exploratory testing to build quality into our software, working closely with the rest of their team and coaching others on how to write better software. For us, teamwork is everything. We listen to each other … Attend knowledge sharing sessions with other testers and developers across the company to share techniques and product knowledge Majority of coding with minimum manual testing The Person Hands on experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks Focus on writing reliable and fast automated tests A passion to build and More ❯
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Senior QA Automation Engineer

Reading, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
ClearCourse
we continue to enhance the platform and accelerate delivery with additional development teams, we require a Senior QA Automation Engineer to assist with the testing and QA automation of new product features. Key Responsibilities: Collaborating with the Solution Architects, Product Owners, Developers, DevOps and other QA Automation Engineers to … contribute to the testing of new product features, using technologies/tools including: Testing Tools: SpecFlow/Reqnroll, Postman, Playwright, Swagger, Selenium Bug Tracking: Azure Devops Documentation: Confluence, flowcharts Analysing business requirements, internal designs and non-functional requirements and estimating user stories collaboratively with the team Advocating and … all software solutions Write and execute robust test scripts, attaining a high percentage of test automation and regression within CI/CD pipelines Manual exploratory testing and maintenance of a clear manual test plan for any test scenarios that can't be automated Review logs and databases as More ❯
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Software Test Engineer (M/F/D)*

Market Harborough, England, United Kingdom
TGW Logistics
the Project Architect, IT Project Manager, and Developers to analyse requirements, define test scope in TestRail, and create both manual and automated test cases. Testing will take place in a controlled environment using Azure DevOps, with defects tracked in Jira. During the commissioning phase, as the Software Test Engineer … you will conduct on-site testing to validate the software implementation against the physical system. What you'll be handling: Design test cases and specifications from product backlog items and requirement documentation Perform manual testing of the WCS software against emulation Design and execute commissioning tests of the … WCS software on-site Lead Factory Acceptance Testing on projects with the customer Analyse defects and log them in Jira with detailed information to support developers Work closely with the development team to see defects through to closure Become an expert on the requirement specifications and processes in the More ❯
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Lead Product Test Engineer

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
AXA UK
a line manager and be responsible for supervising and guiding a team of test engineers, sharing best practices in manual test execution and prioritizing exploratory testing in complex end-to-end environments. Overseeing testing activities within a team responsible for frequent code deployments and delivery of business … value to production environments. You'll be expected to uplift existing capabilities, with a focus on performance testing and test automation. You'll be responsible for leading the technical design, implementation and maintenance of test automation projects within a CI/CD environment. What you'll bring: Extensive experience … in software testing, including proven experience in a Test Leadership or Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role. Deep understanding of software testing principles, methodologies (Agile, Waterfall), and the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Expertise using test automation frameworks and tools to design and implement test automation More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Software Engineer in Test

Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
JR United Kingdom
/Software Development Engineer in Test who is passionate about quality, reliability, and secure software development. In this role, you’ll be responsible for testing a Java-based codebase that powers our secure coding labs and training platform. Your mission is to ensure our software is reliable, robust, and …/Software Development Engineer in Test who is passionate about quality, reliability, and secure software development. In this role, you’ll be responsible for testing a Java-based codebase that powers our secure coding labs and training platform. Your mission is to ensure our software is reliable, robust, and … Validate REST APIs, backend services, browser-based interfaces, database interactions, and multi-threaded service components using manual and automated approaches. Participate in regression and exploratory testing to uncover edge-case issues. Participate in code reviews to understand the impact of code changes and define appropriate testing strategies. More ❯
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Exploratory Testing
the UK excluding London
25th Percentile
£25,750
Median
£26,500
75th Percentile
£43,750
90th Percentile
£54,500