Manual Testing Job Trends in Taunton

Manual Testing
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 3.90% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
Somerset median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 23 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 74.03% 100.00% 82.50%
Number of salaries quoted 50 9 21
10th Percentile £15,423 £47,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £55,000 £43,889
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% +25.32% +4.49%
75th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £55,440
90th Percentile £50,750 £63,750 £67,500
Somerset median annual salary £41,355 £52,000 £45,737
% change year-on-year -20.47% +13.69% -8.53%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Taunton.

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Taunton

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Manual Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) QA Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA