Manual Testing Jobs in England

Manual Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Manual Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manual Testing over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 598 503
Rank change year-on-year +87 -95 -58
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 176 238 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.28% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.32% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 135 218 328
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £34,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +6.44%
75th Percentile £60,625 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +9.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,515 73,601 84,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.11% 85.11% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 23,741 53,968 50,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,860 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
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 Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +107 58 £65,000 +8.33% 95
South East +87 38 £47,500 - 38
Midlands +60 26 £44,750 -8.21% 25
North of England +34 19 £42,875 +4.57% 24
East of England +37 17 £53,000 +41.33% 23
South West +76 16 £40,000 +8.15% 14
West Midlands +37 15 £42,500 -33.33% 10
East Midlands +21 11 £55,000 +50.68% 13
North West -13 10 £44,125 +17.67% 16
North East +47 7 £34,500 - 2
Yorkshire +54 2 £31,500 -30.00% 6
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.11%) Confluence
2 4 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 4 (2.27%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.57%) Magento
2 1 (0.57%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.14%) Azure
2 27 (15.34%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (14.77%) SaaS
4 11 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.68%) AWS
6 7 (3.98%) GitHub
7 4 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.27%) BrowserStack
7 4 (2.27%) GCP
8 3 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.70%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.70%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.70%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (1.14%) IaaS
9 2 (1.14%) PaaS
9 2 (1.14%) Slack
9 2 (1.14%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.55%) Firewall
2 5 (2.84%) 5G
3 4 (2.27%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.27%) WAN
4 2 (1.14%) HTTP
4 2 (1.14%) Network Security
5 1 (0.57%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.57%) Broadband
5 1 (0.57%) DHCP
5 1 (0.57%) DNS
5 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.57%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.57%) Internet
5 1 (0.57%) Mobile Broadband
5 1 (0.57%) MQTT
5 1 (0.57%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.55%) Power BI
2 6 (3.41%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.27%) Big Data
4 4 (2.27%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 71 (40.34%) Selenium
2 34 (19.32%) JIRA
3 28 (15.91%) Postman
4 25 (14.20%) Git
5 21 (11.93%) Cypress.io
5 21 (11.93%) JMeter
6 15 (8.52%) Appium
7 13 (7.39%) Jenkins
7 13 (7.39%) JUnit
8 12 (6.82%) TestRail
9 9 (5.11%) TestNG
10 8 (4.55%) LoadRunner
11 6 (3.41%) Gatling
11 6 (3.41%) Locust
11 6 (3.41%) MSTest
11 6 (3.41%) SpecFlow
12 5 (2.84%) NUnit
12 5 (2.84%) REST Assured
12 5 (2.84%) SoapUI
12 5 (2.84%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (11.36%) Law
4 18 (10.23%) Legal
5 13 (7.39%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.84%) Finance
7 4 (2.27%) Electronics
7 4 (2.27%) Games
7 4 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.57%) Advertising
9 1 (0.57%) Automotive
9 1 (0.57%) Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
9 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (28.41%) Analyst
2 41 (23.30%) Test Analyst
3 36 (20.45%) Senior
4 34 (19.32%) QA Engineer
5 22 (12.50%) Lead
5 22 (12.50%) Test Engineer
6 19 (10.80%) Tester
7 17 (9.66%) QA Analyst
7 17 (9.66%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (7.95%) Senior QA Engineer
9 13 (7.39%) QA Leader
9 13 (7.39%) Senior Test Analyst
10 12 (6.82%) QA Test Analyst
10 12 (6.82%) Test Leader
11 9 (5.11%) Quality Analyst
12 8 (4.55%) Software Tester
13 6 (3.41%) Automation Engineer
13 6 (3.41%) QA Test Engineer
13 6 (3.41%) Test Automation Engineer
14 5 (2.84%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.39%) Playwright
1 13 (7.39%) Qt
2 11 (6.25%) REST
3 8 (4.55%) pytest
4 5 (2.84%) .NET
4 5 (2.84%) RESTful
5 4 (2.27%) React
5 4 (2.27%) Web Services
5 4 (2.27%) WebdriverIO
5 4 (2.27%) YAML
6 3 (1.70%) CSS
6 3 (1.70%) HTML
6 3 (1.70%) Jest
6 3 (1.70%) Node.js
6 3 (1.70%) Swagger
7 2 (1.14%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.14%) Gherkin
8 1 (0.57%) JSON
8 1 (0.57%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.80%) Product Ownership
2 14 (7.95%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (5.11%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.27%) Self-Driving Car
5 4 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.70%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.14%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.57%) AS400
8 1 (0.57%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.57%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.57%) NHS
8 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.57%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.57%) Semantic Web
8 1 (0.57%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.98%) Windows
2 5 (2.84%) Unix
3 3 (1.70%) Android
3 3 (1.70%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.14%) Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (85.80%) Test Automation
2 86 (48.86%) Agile
3 83 (47.16%) Software Testing
4 49 (27.84%) Regression Testing
5 43 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (22.73%) Test Scripting
7 37 (21.02%) DevOps
8 34 (19.32%) Test Strategy
9 31 (17.61%) CI/CD
10 28 (15.91%) API Testing
11 27 (15.34%) Performance Testing
11 27 (15.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 27 (15.34%) Validation
12 26 (14.77%) Test Management
13 24 (13.64%) Defect Tracking
13 24 (13.64%) Security Testing
14 22 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
14 22 (12.50%) SDLC
15 21 (11.93%) Waterfall
16 20 (11.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (30.11%) Python
2 44 (25.00%) SQL
3 36 (20.45%) JavaScript
4 26 (14.77%) C#
5 25 (14.20%) Java
6 13 (7.39%) C
6 13 (7.39%) C++
7 10 (5.68%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.27%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.27%) Scala
9 2 (1.14%) Ruby
10 1 (0.57%) Bash
10 1 (0.57%) Go
10 1 (0.57%) Groovy
10 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.57%) PHP
10 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.57%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 67 (38.07%) ISTQB
2 22 (12.50%) Degree
3 18 (10.23%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.23%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 7 (3.98%) ISEB
6 6 (3.41%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.84%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.27%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.27%) HND
8 4 (2.27%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.27%) PMP
9 3 (1.70%) CISSP
9 3 (1.70%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.14%) CCNA
10 2 (1.14%) CCNP
10 2 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (53.98%) QA
2 7 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.41%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (2.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.57%) MiFID
5 1 (0.57%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (2.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.84%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (2.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (3.98%) Microsoft
1 7 (3.98%) SAP
2 4 (2.27%) Databricks
3 2 (1.14%) Cisco
3 2 (1.14%) F5
3 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
3 2 (1.14%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.57%) Pega
4 1 (0.57%) Siebel
4 1 (0.57%) Spotify
4 1 (0.57%) UiPath
4 1 (0.57%) VMware