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 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 271 350 307
Rank change year-on-year +79 -43 -9
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 36 47 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.27% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.32% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 21 39 60
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,125 £52,838
90th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £59,500
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
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 8,709 14,487 13,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.03% 83.62% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,196 10,016 7,809
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
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 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 28 May 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 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
Hampshire +73 20 £42,500 - 39
Thames Valley +60 15 £65,000 +30.00% 55
Oxfordshire - 13 - - 7
Surrey +41 1 £61,500 +36.67% 10
Berkshire +34 1 £65,000 +18.18% 32
Buckinghamshire +22 1 - - 18
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 8 (22.22%) SaaS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (36.11%) Git
2 5 (13.89%) JIRA
3 4 (11.11%) Selenium
4 3 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 3 (8.33%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.78%) JMeter
5 1 (2.78%) Subversion
General
1 13 (36.11%) Aerospace
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Analyst
1 16 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Senior
3 6 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Manual Test Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) QA Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (5.56%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.56%) Test Specialist
5 1 (2.78%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) QA Test Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Tester
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Senior Web Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Test Leader
5 1 (2.78%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (36.11%) Qt
2 2 (5.56%) SOAP
2 2 (5.56%) XML
3 1 (2.78%) CSS
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.78%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.78%) NHS
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
1 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 24 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 14 (38.89%) Validation
4 13 (36.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 13 (36.11%) Regression Testing
4 13 (36.11%) Verification and Validation
5 12 (33.33%) Agile
6 10 (27.78%) V-Model
6 10 (27.78%) Waterfall
7 7 (19.44%) User Experience
8 5 (13.89%) Defect Management
9 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
9 4 (11.11%) Test Strategy
10 3 (8.33%) Application Security
10 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (8.33%) E-Commerce
10 3 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (8.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) Python
2 13 (36.11%) C
2 13 (36.11%) C++
3 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (13.89%) SQL
4 5 (13.89%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (2.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) ISTQB
2 10 (27.78%) SC Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) Terminal Server
2 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) SCCM
1 2 (5.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) VMware
2 1 (2.78%) Cisco
2 1 (2.78%) Juniper
2 1 (2.78%) McAfee
2 1 (2.78%) Spotify