Manual Testing Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Manual Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 1.69% - 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% - 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £37,250
25th Percentile £26,250 - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £28,750 - £50,625
90th Percentile - - £56,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £27,500 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -1.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 273 323 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 92.23% 80.75% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 148 236 406
10th Percentile £35,875 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -5.91% -3.51%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,625
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -3.63%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Manual Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Junior
1 4 (80.00%) Junior Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Junior QA Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Process Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) SLA