Manual Testing Jobs in Hampshire

Manual Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 107 180 139
Rank change year-on-year +73 -41 +58
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 20 13 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.02% 0.31% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 0.38% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 29
10th Percentile £32,500 - £35,500
25th Percentile £36,625 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,821
Median % change year-on-year - +4.11% -3.95%
75th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £49,750 £45,350 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,734 3,377 2,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 88.74% 81.00% 93.32%
Number of salaries quoted 970 2,585 1,872
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £40,700 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in Hampshire

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in Hampshire

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in Hampshire

Manual Testing
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 8 £47,500 - 13
Fareham +17 4 £38,750 -3.13% 2
Farnborough +8 4 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Portsmouth +5 3 £45,000 +1.12% 6
Southampton +44 1 £40,000 -5.88% 1
Manual Testing
South East

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 7 (35.00%) SaaS
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Selenium
2 3 (15.00%) JIRA
3 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (10.00%) SoapUI
4 1 (5.00%) JMeter
4 1 (5.00%) Subversion
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Analyst
1 16 (80.00%) Test Analyst
2 9 (45.00%) Senior
3 6 (30.00%) QA Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) QA Test Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Manual Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Test Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Tester
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Tester
5 1 (5.00%) Software Tester
5 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) SOAP
1 2 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (5.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 10 (50.00%) V-Model
3 9 (45.00%) Waterfall
4 6 (30.00%) User Experience
5 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Defect Management
6 3 (15.00%) Application Security
6 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.00%) Test Strategy
7 2 (10.00%) Web Development
7 2 (10.00%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.00%) Performance Testing
8 1 (5.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (20.00%) Python
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
1 4 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Terminal Server
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) VMware
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Juniper
2 1 (5.00%) McAfee
2 1 (5.00%) Spotify