Manual Testing Jobs in the South East

Manual Testing
England > 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 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 318 319
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 -60
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 47 96 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.28% 0.64% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.67% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 39 64 135
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,800 £29,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,125 £55,000 £53,125
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Manual Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following 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 or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,111 14,259 18,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.82% 94.49% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,939 8,272 12,089
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +6 22 £50,000 +11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire -4 14 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Surrey +13 12 £45,000 -20.00% 2
Hampshire -30 12 £40,000 +2.14% 1
Berkshire +13 8 £55,000 +22.22% 3
West Sussex +18 1 £42,500 -22.73%
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 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 11 (23.40%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (19.15%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) Relational Database
2 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (38.30%) Selenium
2 11 (23.40%) NUnit
2 11 (23.40%) Visual Studio
3 9 (19.15%) WebDriver
4 3 (6.38%) JIRA
4 3 (6.38%) Postman
5 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.13%) Protractor
6 1 (2.13%) SoapUI
6 1 (2.13%) SpecFlow
6 1 (2.13%) Travis CI
General
1 8 (17.02%) Legal
2 7 (14.89%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Electronics
4 1 (2.13%) Marketing
4 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Test Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) QA Engineer
3 8 (17.02%) Test Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) QA Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Automation Test Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) QA Test Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Software Test Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Tester
6 3 (6.38%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.13%) Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Integration Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Integration Test Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Manual Tester
7 1 (2.13%) QA Tester
7 1 (2.13%) Regression Tester
7 1 (2.13%) Systems Integration Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Test Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (31.91%) .NET
2 10 (21.28%) JSON
2 10 (21.28%) XML
3 9 (19.15%) .NET Core
4 4 (8.51%) ADO
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (2.13%) COM
5 1 (2.13%) Node.js
5 1 (2.13%) Playwright
5 1 (2.13%) Puppeteer
5 1 (2.13%) SOAP
5 1 (2.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Algorithms
1 8 (17.02%) Data Structures
1 8 (17.02%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.89%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.51%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.38%) PMI
5 2 (4.26%) Low-Code
5 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.13%) Life Science
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (87.23%) Test Automation
2 27 (57.45%) Agile
3 20 (42.55%) DevOps
4 18 (38.30%) Software Testing
5 15 (31.91%) Continuous Integration
6 13 (27.66%) Microservices
6 13 (27.66%) Scrum
6 13 (27.66%) User Experience
7 12 (25.53%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (23.40%) Computer Science
8 11 (23.40%) Integration Testing
9 10 (21.28%) System Integration Testing
10 9 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (19.15%) Mentoring
10 9 (19.15%) Non-Functional Testing
10 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (19.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 9 (19.15%) SDET
10 9 (19.15%) Test Strategy
11 8 (17.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) SQL
2 16 (34.04%) C#
3 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.26%) Python
5 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) ISTQB
3 7 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.38%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.13%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (74.47%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow