Manual Testing Jobs

Manual Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Manual Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Manual Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 617 490
Rank change year-on-year +44 -127 -64
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 163 293 472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.28% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.34% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 123 247 314
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £39,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.01%
75th Percentile £64,375 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,400 £81,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,035 85,534 82,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 82.61% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28,425 58,385 52,665
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,862 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,700 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the UK

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in the UK

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in the UK

Manual Testing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 12 July 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 +64 153 £45,000 -5.26% 128
UK excluding London +46 99 £40,000 -5.88% 77
Work from Home +63 73 £47,750 +24.03% 63
London +82 58 £63,000 +0.80% 60
South East +70 39 £40,000 -15.79% 21
East of England +35 16 £53,000 +41.33% 10
South West +66 15 £40,000 +8.15% 12
North of England +26 13 £35,000 -6.67% 18
Midlands +52 10 £39,000 -22.00% 7
West Midlands +55 9 £40,500 -36.47% 5
North East - 7 £34,500 - 4
North West -8 4 £42,500 +13.33% 8
Scotland +65 3 £47,500 +23.38% 2
Yorkshire +37 2 £35,000 -22.22% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 7
East Midlands +31 1 £35,000 -4.11% 2
Wales +28 1 £60,000 +44.58% 1

Manual Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.29%) Confluence
2 4 (2.45%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.61%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.61%) Magento
2 1 (0.61%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.70%) Azure
2 23 (14.11%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (7.98%) SaaS
4 9 (5.52%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.91%) AWS
6 4 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.45%) BrowserStack
7 3 (1.84%) Sauce Labs
8 2 (1.23%) Slack
8 2 (1.23%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.61%) GitHub
9 1 (0.61%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.45%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.61%) DHCP
2 1 (0.61%) DNS
2 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.61%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.91%) Power BI
2 5 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.45%) Big Data
3 4 (2.45%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 60 (36.81%) Selenium
2 45 (27.61%) JIRA
3 26 (15.95%) Git
4 21 (12.88%) Postman
5 17 (10.43%) Cypress.io
6 15 (9.20%) Appium
7 13 (7.98%) Jenkins
8 12 (7.36%) JMeter
9 11 (6.75%) TestRail
10 7 (4.29%) SoapUI
11 6 (3.68%) JUnit
11 6 (3.68%) LoadRunner
11 6 (3.68%) Locust
11 6 (3.68%) SpecFlow
12 5 (3.07%) Katalon Studio
12 5 (3.07%) WebDriver
13 4 (2.45%) MSTest
13 4 (2.45%) Robot Framework
13 4 (2.45%) TestNG
14 3 (1.84%) TestComplete
General
1 45 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (14.72%) Law
4 20 (12.27%) Legal
5 14 (8.59%) Aerospace
6 7 (4.29%) Finance
7 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.84%) Games
7 3 (1.84%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.23%) Automotive
8 2 (1.23%) Banking
8 2 (1.23%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 1 (0.61%) Advertising
9 1 (0.61%) Electronics
9 1 (0.61%) iGaming
9 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.61%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (21.47%) Analyst
2 28 (17.18%) QA Engineer
2 28 (17.18%) Senior
3 27 (16.56%) Test Analyst
3 27 (16.56%) Tester
4 18 (11.04%) QA Analyst
5 15 (9.20%) Test Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Lead
6 12 (7.36%) Senior QA Engineer
6 12 (7.36%) Software Tester
7 10 (6.13%) QA Test Analyst
8 9 (5.52%) QA Leader
8 9 (5.52%) Test Leader
9 8 (4.91%) Automation Tester
10 7 (4.29%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 7 (4.29%) Test Specialist
11 6 (3.68%) Developer
11 6 (3.68%) Test Automation Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Manual Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.27%) Playwright
2 13 (7.98%) Qt
3 9 (5.52%) CSS
3 9 (5.52%) HTML
4 8 (4.91%) REST
5 6 (3.68%) .NET
5 6 (3.68%) JSON
6 4 (2.45%) Node.js
6 4 (2.45%) pytest
6 4 (2.45%) RESTful
6 4 (2.45%) SOAP
6 4 (2.45%) XML
6 4 (2.45%) YAML
7 3 (1.84%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.23%) Gherkin
8 2 (1.23%) Swagger
8 2 (1.23%) Web Services
8 2 (1.23%) WebdriverIO
8 2 (1.23%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (5.52%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.07%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.45%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.84%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.23%) AS400
6 2 (1.23%) FMCG
6 2 (1.23%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.23%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.61%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.61%) CAN bus
7 1 (0.61%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) IoT
7 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.61%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.61%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.75%) Windows
2 5 (3.07%) Windows Server
2 5 (3.07%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.84%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.84%) Linux
4 2 (1.23%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (84.05%) Test Automation
2 90 (55.21%) Agile
3 85 (52.15%) Software Testing
4 50 (30.67%) Test Scripting
5 49 (30.06%) Regression Testing
6 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (21.47%) DevOps
8 31 (19.02%) CI/CD
9 29 (17.79%) API Testing
9 29 (17.79%) Test Management
9 29 (17.79%) Test Strategy
10 24 (14.72%) Validation
11 22 (13.50%) Defect Tracking
11 22 (13.50%) User Acceptance Testing
11 22 (13.50%) Waterfall
12 21 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (12.27%) Performance Testing
14 19 (11.66%) Process Improvement
15 18 (11.04%) Scrum
16 17 (10.43%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.38%) SQL
2 40 (24.54%) Python
3 32 (19.63%) JavaScript
4 29 (17.79%) Java
5 19 (11.66%) C#
6 14 (8.59%) TypeScript
7 13 (7.98%) C
7 13 (7.98%) C++
8 1 (0.61%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) Groovy
8 1 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.61%) SPARQL
8 1 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (31.90%) ISTQB
2 18 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 17 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.98%) Degree
5 7 (4.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 6 (3.68%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.68%) ISEB
7 4 (2.45%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.45%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.45%) PMP
8 3 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.84%) CISSP
8 3 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.61%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.61%) CHECK Team Member
10 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (52.15%) QA
2 5 (3.07%) Software Quality Assurance
3 3 (1.84%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.84%) GDPR
4 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.61%) MiFID
4 1 (0.61%) NCSC
4 1 (0.61%) PSD2
4 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.07%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.07%) Docker
2 4 (2.45%) Terminal Server
2 4 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (4.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.07%) SCCM
2 5 (3.07%) SCOM
3 4 (2.45%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (2.45%) Terraform
4 1 (0.61%) Ansible
4 1 (0.61%) Grafana
4 1 (0.61%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (6.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.68%) VMware
3 4 (2.45%) Cisco
3 4 (2.45%) Databricks
3 4 (2.45%) Juniper
3 4 (2.45%) McAfee
4 2 (1.23%) SAP
4 2 (1.23%) Workday
5 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.61%) EMC
5 1 (0.61%) Pega
5 1 (0.61%) Siebel
5 1 (0.61%) Spotify
5 1 (0.61%) UiPath