Manual Testing Job Trends in Telford

Manual Testing
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Telford requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Telford 0.81% 2.08% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.22% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year +27.78% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 45 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Telford 65.04% 93.75% 79.41%
Number of salaries quoted 58 32 62
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,850 £30,125
25th Percentile £32,839 £46,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £70,313
90th Percentile £65,375 £79,500 £77,500
Shropshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -9.52%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Telford

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Telford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Manual Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Manual Testing

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA