Manual Testing Jobs in England

Manual Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 624 505 444
Rank change year-on-year -119 -61 +46
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 241 447 1,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.54% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.57% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 210 303 607
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,365 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% +1.11%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £74,686
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Manual Testing in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in England

Manual Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London +19 61 £60,000 +4.35% 12
South East -65 49 £47,500 +5.56% 15
South West -35 46 £36,984 -22.14% 10
Midlands -35 35 £48,750 +17.47% 6
North of England -61 30 £40,000 -11.11% 10
West Midlands +3 24 £63,749 +23.63% 4
North West -51 21 £37,500 -25.00% 8
East of England -35 19 £37,500 -6.25% 2
East Midlands -39 11 £36,500 -8.75% 2
Yorkshire +26 8 £45,000 +12.50%
North East -23 1 - - 2
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.49%) Confluence
2 3 (1.24%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 9 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.83%) Simulink
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.41%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.43%) Azure
2 23 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.13%) Power Platform
3 22 (9.13%) PowerApps
4 21 (8.71%) AWS
5 20 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (6.64%) SaaS
7 11 (4.56%) Power Automate
8 9 (3.73%) BrowserStack
9 8 (3.32%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.66%) GitHub
11 3 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.83%) npm
12 2 (0.83%) Serverless
12 2 (0.83%) Yarn
13 1 (0.41%) Figma
13 1 (0.41%) GCP
13 1 (0.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) SSH
2 2 (0.83%) Broadband
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.81%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.56%) Power BI
4 6 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.07%) MariaDB
5 5 (2.07%) MySQL
5 5 (2.07%) SAP BW
5 5 (2.07%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.83%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (25.73%) Selenium
2 44 (18.26%) JIRA
3 23 (9.54%) Cypress.io
4 19 (7.88%) Git
5 17 (7.05%) Postman
6 16 (6.64%) NUnit
7 15 (6.22%) WebDriver
8 14 (5.81%) SpecFlow
9 12 (4.98%) Jenkins
9 12 (4.98%) TestRail
9 12 (4.98%) Visual Studio
10 11 (4.56%) Appium
11 10 (4.15%) Cucumber
11 10 (4.15%) JMeter
12 8 (3.32%) SoapUI
12 8 (3.32%) UI Automator
13 6 (2.49%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (1.66%) JUnit
14 4 (1.66%) TestNG
15 2 (0.83%) Bugzilla
General
1 75 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.79%) Finance
3 22 (9.13%) Fire and Rescue
4 16 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.98%) Automotive
5 12 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.56%) Retail
7 10 (4.15%) Law
7 10 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.73%) Legal
9 6 (2.49%) Marketing
10 5 (2.07%) Banking
10 5 (2.07%) Electronics
11 4 (1.66%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.83%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Aviation
13 1 (0.41%) Back Office
13 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (17.43%) Analyst
2 37 (15.35%) Test Engineer
3 32 (13.28%) Developer
3 32 (13.28%) Lead
4 31 (12.86%) QA Engineer
5 29 (12.03%) Test Analyst
6 24 (9.96%) Tester
7 18 (7.47%) QA Leader
7 18 (7.47%) Test Leader
8 17 (7.05%) Senior
9 14 (5.81%) QA Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) Software Tester
11 11 (4.56%) Applications Developer
11 11 (4.56%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.15%) Test Manager
13 9 (3.73%) Software Test Engineer
14 8 (3.32%) Senior Analyst
15 7 (2.90%) Automation Analyst
16 6 (2.49%) Head of Software Development
16 6 (2.49%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.13%) .NET
2 18 (7.47%) XML
3 14 (5.81%) Playwright
4 13 (5.39%) REST
5 10 (4.15%) JSON
6 9 (3.73%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.90%) HTML
7 7 (2.90%) SOAP
8 6 (2.49%) Gherkin
9 5 (2.07%) CSS
9 5 (2.07%) CSS3
9 5 (2.07%) HTML5
9 5 (2.07%) Laravel
9 5 (2.07%) RESTful
9 5 (2.07%) Sass
9 5 (2.07%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (2.07%) Vue
10 4 (1.66%) ADO
11 3 (1.24%) Spring
11 3 (1.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.13%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (5.39%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.39%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.73%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.73%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.49%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.66%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.66%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.24%) PMI
7 3 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.83%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.83%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (10.79%) Linux
2 25 (10.37%) Windows
3 9 (3.73%) Unix
4 8 (3.32%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.07%) Android
6 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (73.86%) Test Automation
2 140 (58.09%) Agile
3 81 (33.61%) DevOps
4 69 (28.63%) Software Testing
5 56 (23.24%) User Experience
6 45 (18.67%) Test Scripting
7 39 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (14.11%) CI/CD
8 34 (14.11%) Scrum
9 33 (13.69%) SDLC
10 30 (12.45%) Test Strategy
11 29 (12.03%) API Testing
11 29 (12.03%) Code Quality
12 28 (11.62%) Computer Science
12 28 (11.62%) Regression Testing
13 24 (9.96%) Continuous Integration
13 24 (9.96%) User Acceptance Testing
14 22 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (7.88%) Microservices
16 18 (7.47%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.14%) SQL
2 45 (18.67%) Java
3 39 (16.18%) C#
4 27 (11.20%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.13%) Python
6 6 (2.49%) C
6 6 (2.49%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.07%) PHP
7 5 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.66%) C++
9 2 (0.83%) Bash
9 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.41%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (20.75%) Degree
2 45 (18.67%) ISTQB
3 20 (8.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (8.30%) ISEB
4 10 (4.15%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.73%) Master's Degree
6 7 (2.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.49%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.24%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.83%) HND
9 2 (0.83%) MCAD
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.83%) OSCP
9 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (55.19%) QA
2 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (0.83%) ISO 14001
2 2 (0.83%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.83%) SLA
3 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.24%) Firmware
3 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.41%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.07%) Grafana
1 5 (2.07%) Kibana
1 5 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.24%) Ansible
2 3 (1.24%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 46 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.90%) SAP
3 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
3 5 (2.07%) UiPath
4 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.83%) BT
4 2 (0.83%) Oracle
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe
5 1 (0.41%) Databricks
5 1 (0.41%) HP
5 1 (0.41%) OpenLink
5 1 (0.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.41%) VMware