Manual Tester Jobs in England

Manual Tester
UK > England

The median Manual Tester salary in England is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 685 832 896
Rank change year-on-year +147 +64 +201
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 6 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.008% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.009% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 23
10th Percentile £35,625 £42,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,125 £50,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £73,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% +21.21% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in England

Manual Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Manual Tester in England

Manual Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Tester in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Tester in England

Manual Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
London +102 3 £70,000 +40.00% 3
South East +96 1 £42,500 - 2
North of England +56 1 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Manual Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Practice Management
2 2 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Selenium
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) TestNG
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Node.js
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) API Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (16.67%) QA Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) BrowserStack
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) JUnit
1 1 (16.67%) Maven
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) TestNG
1 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (33.33%) Law
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Practice Management
3 1 (16.67%) API Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) QA Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA