Manual Tester Jobs

Manual Tester
UK

The median Manual Tester salary in the UK is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 707 905 937
Rank change year-on-year +198 +32 +235
Permanent jobs requiring a Manual Tester 7 6 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.006% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.006% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 24
10th Percentile £35,625 £41,875 £30,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £50,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +21.95% -6.29%
75th Percentile £68,125 £51,875 £50,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £72,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £43,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,668 94,676 90,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.69% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,895 67,575 57,131
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%

Manual Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Manual Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Manual Tester.

Salary trend for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Tester over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Tester in the UK

Manual Tester
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England +159 5 £42,500 -15.00% 8
UK excluding London +191 4 £42,500 -2.86% 5
Work from Home +139 4 £40,000 -13.51% 2
London +117 3 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Scotland - 2 £45,000 -
South East +92 1 £42,500 - 4
North of England +52 1 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £35,000 -

Manual Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Manual Tester 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 featuring Manual Tester in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Practice Management
3 2 (28.57%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Node.js
4 1 (14.29%) WebGL
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) WebGPU
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Android

Manual Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) JUnit
1 1 (14.29%) Maven
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) TestNG
1 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (28.57%) Law
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (14.29%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
1 1 (14.29%) WebGL
1 1 (14.29%) WebGPU
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Practice Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) API Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) QA Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA