Manual Tester Job Trends in Swansea

Manual Tester
West Wales > Swansea

The median Manual Tester salary in Swansea is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
West Wales median annual salary £32,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swansea. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Swansea with a recognized job title 316 37 185
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 84.09% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 212 29 164
10th Percentile £35,000 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,733 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.76% -16.15% +9.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,762 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,857 £65,000
West Wales median annual salary £50,000 £37,733 £44,000
% change year-on-year +32.51% -14.24% +6.77%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Manual Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Manual Tester job vacancy trend in Swansea

Manual Tester
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in Swansea.

Salary distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in Swansea

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Manual Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Swansea region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA