Manual Testing Jobs in Essex

Manual Testing
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 8 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 1.64% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £53,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +41.33% -6.25% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 430 705 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 87.93% 79.30% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 190 579 351
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,438 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in Essex

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in Essex

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in Essex over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in Essex

Manual Testing
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 28 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
Chelmsford - 8 £35,000 - 6
Manual Testing
East of England

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 3 (37.50%) JIRA
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Law
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Technical Support
2 3 (37.50%) QA Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Development
1 5 (62.50%) Tech Ops
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
81 Manual Testing jobs in the East of England