Manual Testing Jobs in the North West

Manual Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 274 245
Rank change year-on-year -16 -29 +33
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 10 18 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.18% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.22% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 25
10th Percentile £37,600 £32,550 £38,500
25th Percentile £40,938 £33,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,125 £37,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.67% -25.00% +11.06%
75th Percentile £50,625 £44,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,375 £48,750 £78,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +8.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,691 8,218 7,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.87% 82.39% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 6,229 3,894
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,500
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 the North West

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the North West

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manual Testing in the North West.

Salary trend for Manual Testing in the North West

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in the North West

Manual Testing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester +48 7 £44,125 +17.67% 12
Cheshire +4 2 £45,000 - 2
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) FlexRay
1 1 (10.00%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Postman
2 4 (40.00%) Selenium
3 3 (30.00%) TestRail
4 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) JMeter
5 1 (10.00%) JUnit
5 1 (10.00%) TestNG
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) QA Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Quality Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer in Test
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Support Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Infotainment
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (70.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Test Management
4 3 (30.00%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (20.00%) CRM
5 2 (20.00%) ERP
5 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Event-Driven
6 1 (10.00%) Fintech
6 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Story Points
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Go
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Siebel