Manual Tester Job Trends in Taunton

Manual Tester
Somerset > Taunton

The median Manual Tester salary in Taunton is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 2.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £41,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 68 17 34
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.00% 70.83% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 50 11 25
10th Percentile £28,000 £45,000 £31,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £48,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +27.91% +1.16%
75th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £52,250
90th Percentile £50,750 - £60,000
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

Manual Tester job vacancy trend in Taunton

Manual Tester
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in Taunton.

Salary distribution trend for Manual Tester job vacancies in Taunton

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, 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 Taunton region featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SQL

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification