Manual Testing Job Trends in County Antrim

Manual Testing
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 45 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 0.63% 0.48% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.61% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £50,000
75th Percentile £56,250 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £52,500 - £50,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

Manual Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 329 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 82.76% 79.28% 92.05%
Number of salaries quoted 125 168 211
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,303 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £63,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.92% +27.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £67,438
90th Percentile £78,598 £95,000 £77,500
Northern Ireland median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +3.09%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in County Antrim

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Manual Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Belfast +15 2 £52,500 - 3
Manual Testing
Northern Ireland

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Security Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus