Manual Testing Jobs in London

Manual Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 333 451 466
Rank change year-on-year +118 +15 -37
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 59 61 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.47% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.28% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 43 55 130
10th Percentile £42,100 £38,500 £40,425
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £78,500 £97,500 £97,625
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in London

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in London

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in London

Manual Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the London 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
Central London +25 5 £63,750 +2.00% 14
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (8.47%) Confluence
2 4 (6.78%) Apache Spark
3 3 (5.08%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Elite 3E
2 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.17%) AWS
4 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (5.08%) GCP
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub
6 3 (5.08%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.08%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.39%) IaaS
7 2 (3.39%) PaaS
7 2 (3.39%) SaaS
8 1 (1.69%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Network Security
2 1 (1.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) NoSQL
2 4 (6.78%) Big Data
2 4 (6.78%) Delta Lake
3 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.39%) Power BI
3 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 35 (59.32%) Selenium
2 19 (32.20%) JIRA
3 16 (27.12%) JMeter
4 14 (23.73%) Postman
5 11 (18.64%) Cypress.io
6 9 (15.25%) JUnit
7 8 (13.56%) Jenkins
8 7 (11.86%) Appium
8 7 (11.86%) TestNG
9 6 (10.17%) MSTest
10 5 (8.47%) LoadRunner
10 5 (8.47%) TestRail
11 4 (6.78%) Git
11 4 (6.78%) Katalon Studio
11 4 (6.78%) Locust
11 4 (6.78%) REST Assured
11 4 (6.78%) Robot Framework
11 4 (6.78%) SoapUI
11 4 (6.78%) SpecFlow
12 3 (5.08%) Burp Suite
General
1 21 (35.59%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (20.34%) Legal
3 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.47%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Advertising
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Finance
6 1 (1.69%) Games
6 1 (1.69%) iGaming
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) QA Engineer
2 11 (18.64%) Test Engineer
3 10 (16.95%) Lead
3 10 (16.95%) QA Leader
4 9 (15.25%) Analyst
5 8 (13.56%) Test Leader
5 8 (13.56%) Tester
6 7 (11.86%) Senior
7 6 (10.17%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (10.17%) Quality Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) Test Automation Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) QA Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) QA Automation Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) QA Test Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Quality Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Quality Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Test Analyst
10 2 (3.39%) QA Specialist
10 2 (3.39%) Software QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) REST
2 6 (10.17%) CSS
2 6 (10.17%) HTML
3 5 (8.47%) Playwright
4 4 (6.78%) JSON
4 4 (6.78%) Node.js
4 4 (6.78%) pytest
4 4 (6.78%) Web Services
4 4 (6.78%) WebdriverIO
4 4 (6.78%) YAML
5 3 (5.08%) Jest
5 3 (5.08%) React
5 3 (5.08%) RESTful
5 3 (5.08%) Swagger
6 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.39%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.69%) HTML5
7 1 (1.69%) Material-UI
7 1 (1.69%) Sass
7 1 (1.69%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Product Ownership
1 4 (6.78%) Virtual Team
2 3 (5.08%) Reinsurance
3 2 (3.39%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.69%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (94.92%) Test Automation
2 45 (76.27%) Agile
3 24 (40.68%) Software Testing
4 23 (38.98%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (35.59%) CI/CD
5 21 (35.59%) DevOps
6 18 (30.51%) Security Testing
7 17 (28.81%) API Testing
7 17 (28.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (28.81%) Test Scripting
8 16 (27.12%) Code Quality
8 16 (27.12%) Performance Testing
8 16 (27.12%) Test Management
9 13 (22.03%) End-to-End Testing
9 13 (22.03%) Regression Testing
10 12 (20.34%) Scrum
10 12 (20.34%) Test Strategy
11 10 (16.95%) Defect Tracking
11 10 (16.95%) Test Planning
11 10 (16.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (49.15%) SQL
2 18 (30.51%) JavaScript
2 18 (30.51%) Python
3 17 (28.81%) Java
4 10 (16.95%) C#
5 6 (10.17%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.08%) Scala
7 2 (3.39%) Ruby
8 1 (1.69%) Bash
8 1 (1.69%) Groovy
8 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 31 (52.54%) ISTQB
2 14 (23.73%) Degree
3 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.17%) ISEB
4 6 (10.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (6.78%) PMI Certification
5 4 (6.78%) PMP
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.08%) CISSP
6 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 3 (5.08%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (3.39%) CCNA
7 2 (3.39%) CCNP
7 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (64.41%) QA
2 5 (8.47%) GDPR
2 5 (8.47%) Software Quality Assurance
3 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.69%) MiFID
4 1 (1.69%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.47%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (6.78%) Terraform
4 1 (1.69%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Databricks
3 2 (3.39%) Cisco
3 2 (3.39%) F5
3 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
3 2 (3.39%) Palo Alto