Manual Testing Job Trends in West Wales
Manual Testing
Wales > West Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales citing Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 83 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales | 0.43% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.62% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,000 | - | - |
| Wales median annual salary | £32,000 | £60,000 | £95,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.67% | -36.84% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
West Wales
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 citing process or methodology skills in West Wales.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 485 | 45 | 114 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales | 70.29% | 80.36% | 76.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 310 | 27 | 72 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,950 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,163 | £35,000 | £34,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,750 | £42,500 | £42,512 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.71% | -0.03% | -5.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,375 | £54,685 | £56,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £74,679 | £67,250 |
| Wales median annual salary | £52,222 | £48,122 | £47,307 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.52% | +1.72% | +1.30% |
Manual Testing Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Manual Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Wales.
Manual Testing Salary Trend in West Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Manual Testing.
Manual Testing Job Locations in West Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 11 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | - | 3 | £32,000 | - | 1 |
| Manual Testing Wales |
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Manual Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | API Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Defect Tracking | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | End-to-End Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Problem-Solving | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Scenario Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Scrum | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | SDLC | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Smoke Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Software Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Sprint Planning | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Sprint Retrospective | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | System Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | User Acceptance Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | User Stories | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | User-Centered Design (UCD) | 100.0% | 3 |