Manual Testing Jobs in the South East

Manual Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 342 284
Rank change year-on-year +73 -58 +19
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 39 44 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.25% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.31% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 22 36 51
10th Percentile £26,875 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £33,438 £40,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £46,375 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £47,000 £57,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +9.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,132 14,199 11,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 89.98% 81.92% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,819 9,726 7,293
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,450
% change year-on-year - -11.93% +4.08%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the South East

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in 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

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 6 months to 13 July 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
Thames Valley +47 20 £27,500 -42.11% 2
Hampshire +74 19 £40,000 -5.88% 7
Oxfordshire +57 13 - -
Buckinghamshire +16 5 £27,500 -42.11%
Berkshire +11 2 £66,250 +20.45% 2
Manual Testing
England

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (17.95%) SaaS
2 4 (10.26%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (33.33%) Git
2 9 (23.08%) JIRA
3 5 (12.82%) Jenkins
3 5 (12.82%) SoapUI
4 4 (10.26%) Selenium
5 2 (5.13%) Subversion
6 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (2.56%) JMeter
General
1 14 (35.90%) Aerospace
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) QA Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) Test Analyst
3 9 (23.08%) Senior
4 7 (17.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (17.95%) Test Specialist
5 6 (15.38%) QA Test Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Junior
6 4 (10.26%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Junior QA Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Manual Test Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Lead
8 1 (2.56%) QA Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Electronics Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Software Tester
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Tester
8 1 (2.56%) Software Tester
8 1 (2.56%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (33.33%) Qt
2 4 (10.26%) SOAP
2 4 (10.26%) XML
3 1 (2.56%) CSS
3 1 (2.56%) HTML
3 1 (2.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) CAN bus
3 1 (2.56%) FMCG
3 1 (2.56%) IoT
3 1 (2.56%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
1 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
1 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 31 (79.49%) Software Testing
3 14 (35.90%) Validation
4 13 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 13 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 13 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
5 11 (28.21%) Agile
6 10 (25.64%) Defect Management
7 9 (23.08%) V-Model
7 9 (23.08%) Waterfall
8 8 (20.51%) Test Scripting
9 7 (17.95%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.38%) User Experience
11 5 (12.82%) End-to-End Testing
11 5 (12.82%) Scenario Testing
12 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (10.26%) Cross-Browser Testing
12 4 (10.26%) Process Improvement
12 4 (10.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (43.59%) Python
2 13 (33.33%) C
2 13 (33.33%) C++
3 12 (30.77%) SQL
4 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
5 4 (10.26%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) ISTQB
2 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) DBS Check
3 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) HNC
4 1 (2.56%) HND
4 1 (2.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (35.90%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) Terminal Server
2 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) SCCM
1 5 (12.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) VMware
2 4 (10.26%) Cisco
2 4 (10.26%) Juniper
2 4 (10.26%) McAfee
3 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.56%) EMC
3 1 (2.56%) Spotify