Manual Test Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Manual Test Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Manual Test Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 - 755
Rank change year-on-year - - +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Test Analyst 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £33,250 - £33,625
25th Percentile £36,250 - £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £43,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.89%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £50,000
90th Percentile £49,500 - -
UK median annual salary £37,500 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Manual Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Manual Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Manual Test Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manual Test Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Manual Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Manual Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Test Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Test Analyst in the UK excluding London

Manual Test Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Test Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
South East - 3 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £40,000 -
Midlands - 2 £40,000 -
Manual Test Analyst
UK

Manual Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Manual Test Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Manual Test Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 2 (40.00%) Web Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) Web Development
3 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight

Manual Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 2 (40.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft