Manual Testing Jobs in the South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Manual Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Manual Testing England / South East
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	261	263	324
Rank change year-on-year	+2	+61
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing	133	194	152
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East	0.91%	1.06%	0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.04%	1.22%	0.83%
Number of salaries quoted	120	165	146
Median salary	£35,000	£35,000	£39,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-11.39%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£55,000	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£35,000	£35,000	£35,000

Manual Testing is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills South East
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	12755	15932	18407
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East	86.84%	86.67%	86.37%
Number of salaries quoted	10537	13367	14718
Median salary	£47,500	£47,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.06%	+4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,500	£31,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£65,000	£68,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South East citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the South East

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing in the South East.

Salary trend for Manual Testing in the South East

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Manual Testing in the South East over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in the South East

Manual Testing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Hampshire	+26	40	£32,500	-10.34%	3
Berkshire	+37	23	£42,500	-4.49%	4
Surrey	-10	19	£35,000	-	2
Buckinghamshire	-2	15	£40,000	+6.38%	2
Oxfordshire	+7	13	£40,000	+45.45%	7
Kent	+19	8	£30,500	-23.75%
East Sussex	-10	8	£30,000	-14.28%	2
West Sussex	-4	6	£45,000	+12.50%	2
Isle of Wight	-	1	£21,500	-
Manual Testing England

Manual Testing
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Manual Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Manual Testing.

1	248 (87.63%)	Test Automation
2	170 (60.07%)	Agile Software Development
3	124 (43.82%)	Selenium
4	118 (41.70%)	QA
5	96 (33.92%)	Software Testing
6	91 (32.16%)	Test Scripting
7	85 (30.04%)	ISTQB
8	82 (28.98%)	SQL
9	74 (26.15%)	Java
10	64 (22.61%)	C#
10	64 (22.61%)	Degree
11	62 (21.91%)	Regression Testing
12	60 (21.20%)	Test Strategy
13	57 (20.14%)	Performance Testing
14	55 (19.43%)	WebDriver

14	55 (19.43%)	Finance
15	51 (18.02%)	ISEB
16	46 (16.25%)	Windows
16	46 (16.25%)	JIRA
17	44 (15.55%)	User Acceptance Testing
17	44 (15.55%)	HP
18	42 (14.84%)	Unit Testing
19	41 (14.49%)	Microsoft
20	39 (13.78%)	HP UFT
20	39 (13.78%)	Scrum
20	39 (13.78%)	SoapUI
21	37 (13.07%)	SDLC
22	36 (12.72%)	JMeter
23	35 (12.37%)	Python
24	33 (11.66%)	Software Engineering

Manual Testing
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (1.41%)	JBoss
2	2 (0.71%)	Tomcat
3	1 (0.35%)	CMS
3	1 (0.35%)	Sitecore CMS

Applications
1	20 (7.07%)	Microsoft Excel
2	14 (4.95%)	Microsoft Office
3	6 (2.12%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	4 (1.41%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	5 (1.77%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.71%)	SAP CAR
2	2 (0.71%)	SAP HR
2	2 (0.71%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	1 (0.35%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	7 (2.47%)	G Suite
1	7 (2.47%)	Office 365
2	5 (1.77%)	SaaS
2	5 (1.77%)	Slack
3	4 (1.41%)	Cloud Computing
4	2 (0.71%)	Amazon AWS
5	1 (0.35%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.35%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	3 (1.06%)	VoIP
2	2 (0.71%)	Firewall
3	1 (0.35%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (9.89%)	SQL Server
2	10 (3.53%)	Blockchain
3	9 (3.18%)	MySQL
4	7 (2.47%)	Big Data
4	7 (2.47%)	Data Lake
4	7 (2.47%)	Hadoop
5	3 (1.06%)	Power BI
5	3 (1.06%)	Relational Database
6	2 (0.71%)	SQL Server 2005
7	1 (0.35%)	Amazon DynamoDB
7	1 (0.35%)	MongoDB
7	1 (0.35%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	124 (43.82%)	Selenium
2	55 (19.43%)	WebDriver
3	46 (16.25%)	JIRA
4	39 (13.78%)	HP UFT
4	39 (13.78%)	SoapUI
5	36 (12.72%)	JMeter
6	31 (10.95%)	Team Foundation Server
7	29 (10.25%)	Visual Studio
8	24 (8.48%)	LoadRunner
9	19 (6.71%)	IntelliJ
10	18 (6.36%)	Cucumber
11	17 (6.01%)	Eclipse
12	15 (5.30%)	Zephyr
13	14 (4.95%)	JIRA Agile
14	11 (3.89%)	Jenkins
14	11 (3.89%)	JUnit
14	11 (3.89%)	Subversion
15	8 (2.83%)	TeamCity
15	8 (2.83%)	TestComplete
15	8 (2.83%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	55 (19.43%)	Finance
2	15 (5.30%)	Retail
3	10 (3.53%)	Telecoms
4	8 (2.83%)	Games
5	7 (2.47%)	Manufacturing
6	4 (1.41%)	Banking
6	4 (1.41%)	Publishing
7	3 (1.06%)	Back Office
7	3 (1.06%)	Electronics
7	3 (1.06%)	Marketing
8	2 (0.71%)	Aerospace
8	2 (0.71%)	Automotive
8	2 (0.71%)	Front Office

Job Titles
1	117 (41.34%)	Analyst
2	95 (33.57%)	Test Analyst
3	62 (21.91%)	Test Engineer
4	54 (19.08%)	Tester
5	36 (12.72%)	QA Engineer
6	32 (11.31%)	QA Analyst
6	32 (11.31%)	Test Automation Engineer
7	23 (8.13%)	Software Analyst
8	21 (7.42%)	QA Test Analyst
8	21 (7.42%)	Software Test Analyst
9	20 (7.07%)	Automation Tester
10	19 (6.71%)	Software Tester
11	15 (5.30%)	Manual Test Analyst
12	14 (4.95%)	Automation Test Analyst
13	13 (4.59%)	Senior Analyst
13	13 (4.59%)	Senior Test Analyst
14	12 (4.24%)	QA Test Engineer
14	12 (4.24%)	QA Tester
15	10 (3.53%)	Manual Tester
15	10 (3.53%)	QA Automation Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	23 (8.13%)	Web Services
2	20 (7.07%)	.NET
3	11 (3.89%)	JMS
4	9 (3.18%)	HTML
4	9 (3.18%)	SOAP
4	9 (3.18%)	XML
5	6 (2.12%)	J2EE
6	5 (1.77%)	REST
7	4 (1.41%)	Gherkin
8	3 (1.06%)	ASP.NET
8	3 (1.06%)	CSS
9	2 (0.71%)	JAXB
9	2 (0.71%)	Middleware
9	2 (0.71%)	Node.js
9	2 (0.71%)	React
9	2 (0.71%)	Spring Boot
9	2 (0.71%)	XSL
10	1 (0.35%)	AngularJS
10	1 (0.35%)	jQuery
10	1 (0.35%)	WinForms

Miscellaneous
1	30 (10.60%)	Analytical Skills
2	25 (8.83%)	Computer Science
3	15 (5.30%)	Client/Server
4	10 (3.53%)	Virtual Team
5	7 (2.47%)	Cyber Attack
6	6 (2.12%)	Algorithms
6	6 (2.12%)	Replication
6	6 (2.12%)	User Experience
6	6 (2.12%)	Video Conferencing
7	5 (1.77%)	iPad
8	4 (1.41%)	Mobile App
8	4 (1.41%)	Smartcard
9	3 (1.06%)	Augmented Reality
9	3 (1.06%)	Linux Command Line
10	2 (0.71%)	iPhone
11	1 (0.35%)	FMCG
11	1 (0.35%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	46 (16.25%)	Windows
2	25 (8.83%)	Linux
3	16 (5.65%)	Android
4	10 (3.53%)	Apple iOS
5	9 (3.18%)	Unix
6	4 (1.41%)	Solaris
7	3 (1.06%)	Windows Server
7	3 (1.06%)	Windows Server 2003
7	3 (1.06%)	Windows Server 2008
8	2 (0.71%)	Windows Vista
8	2 (0.71%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	248 (87.63%)	Test Automation
2	170 (60.07%)	Agile Software Development
3	96 (33.92%)	Software Testing
4	91 (32.16%)	Test Scripting
5	62 (21.91%)	Regression Testing
6	60 (21.20%)	Test Strategy
7	57 (20.14%)	Performance Testing
8	44 (15.55%)	User Acceptance Testing
9	42 (14.84%)	Unit Testing
10	39 (13.78%)	Scrum
11	37 (13.07%)	SDLC
12	33 (11.66%)	Functional Testing
12	33 (11.66%)	Software Engineering
13	30 (10.60%)	Non-Functional Testing
14	27 (9.54%)	Test Management
15	26 (9.19%)	TDD
16	24 (8.48%)	Continuous Integration
16	24 (8.48%)	Integration Testing
17	23 (8.13%)	Waterfall
18	22 (7.77%)	BDD

Programming Languages
1	82 (28.98%)	SQL
2	74 (26.15%)	Java
3	64 (22.61%)	C#
4	35 (12.37%)	Python
5	24 (8.48%)	C++
6	21 (7.42%)	JavaScript
7	20 (7.07%)	C
8	19 (6.71%)	Ruby
8	19 (6.71%)	VB
9	11 (3.89%)	VBScript
10	7 (2.47%)	Bash Shell
10	7 (2.47%)	Perl
11	5 (1.77%)	ES6
11	5 (1.77%)	PL/SQL
11	5 (1.77%)	T-SQL
12	2 (0.71%)	VB.NET

Qualifications
1	85 (30.04%)	ISTQB
2	64 (22.61%)	Degree
3	51 (18.02%)	ISEB
4	23 (8.13%)	Computer Science Degree
5	22 (7.77%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	12 (4.24%)	Security Cleared
7	10 (3.53%)	Master's Degree
8	8 (2.83%)	ISTQB Advanced Certification
9	4 (1.41%)	Numerate Degree
9	4 (1.41%)	SC Cleared
10	1 (0.35%)	DV Cleared
10	1 (0.35%)	Oracle Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	118 (41.70%)	QA
2	3 (1.06%)	Data Quality

System Software
1	2 (0.71%)	Active Directory
1	2 (0.71%)	Docker
2	1 (0.35%)	Terminal Services

Systems Management
1	26 (9.19%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.71%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	44 (15.55%)	HP
2	41 (14.49%)	Microsoft
3	13 (4.59%)	Oracle
4	8 (2.83%)	TOWER Software
5	7 (2.47%)	Google
6	5 (1.77%)	SAP
7	2 (0.71%)	Dynatrace
7	2 (0.71%)	F5
7	2 (0.71%)	Red Hat
8	1 (0.35%)	CA Agile Central
8	1 (0.35%)	Citrix
8	1 (0.35%)	hybris
8	1 (0.35%)	Sage
8	1 (0.35%)	Sitecore
8	1 (0.35%)	Xamarin