Manual Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Manual Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 557 413 399
Rank change year-on-year -144 -14 -25
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 224 361 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.65% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.68% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 184 197 399
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,800 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,688 £56,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £65,796 £72,500 £59,671
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Manual Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Manual Testing in the UK excluding London

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Manual Testing in the UK excluding London

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Manual Testing in the UK excluding London

Manual Testing
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 Testing within the UK excluding London 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
South East -65 49 £47,500 +5.56% 15
South West -35 46 £36,984 -22.14% 10
Scotland -62 40 £38,500 -35.83% 3
Midlands -35 35 £48,750 +17.47% 6
North of England -61 30 £40,000 -11.11% 11
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% 1
Wales +2 5 £45,000 +2.27%
North East -23 1 - - 2
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.89%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 44 (19.64%) Azure
2 23 (10.27%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (9.82%) Power Platform
3 22 (9.82%) PowerApps
4 21 (9.38%) SaaS
5 19 (8.48%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (7.14%) AWS
7 11 (4.91%) Power Automate
8 9 (4.02%) BlazeMeter
9 7 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.68%) BrowserStack
11 2 (0.89%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.89%) npm
11 2 (0.89%) Serverless
11 2 (0.89%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.23%) SSH
2 1 (0.45%) Broadband
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.04%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.91%) Power BI
4 5 (2.23%) MariaDB
4 5 (2.23%) MySQL
4 5 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 52 (23.21%) Selenium
2 38 (16.96%) JIRA
3 30 (13.39%) Cypress.io
4 22 (9.82%) Git
5 19 (8.48%) JMeter
6 18 (8.04%) WebDriver
7 16 (7.14%) Jenkins
7 16 (7.14%) Visual Studio
8 15 (6.70%) Cucumber
8 15 (6.70%) Postman
9 11 (4.91%) NUnit
10 10 (4.46%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (4.02%) Gradle
11 9 (4.02%) Maven
12 8 (3.57%) Appium
12 8 (3.57%) SoapUI
12 8 (3.57%) UI Automator
13 5 (2.23%) TestRail
14 4 (1.79%) SpecFlow
14 4 (1.79%) TestNG
General
1 83 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (13.39%) Finance
4 27 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (11.61%) Law
6 22 (9.82%) Fire and Rescue
7 19 (8.48%) Marketing
8 15 (6.70%) Legal
9 12 (5.36%) Automotive
10 10 (4.46%) Banking
10 10 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (4.02%) Investment Banking
11 9 (4.02%) Public Sector
12 7 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (3.13%) Retail
13 5 (2.23%) Aviation
13 5 (2.23%) Electronics
14 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.89%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 46 (20.54%) Test Engineer
2 35 (15.63%) Analyst
3 34 (15.18%) QA Engineer
4 29 (12.95%) Developer
5 26 (11.61%) Test Analyst
5 26 (11.61%) Tester
6 23 (10.27%) Software Tester
7 22 (9.82%) Lead
8 14 (6.25%) Test Leader
9 12 (5.36%) QA Leader
10 11 (4.91%) Applications Developer
10 11 (4.91%) Software Developer
11 10 (4.46%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.46%) Software Test Engineer
12 9 (4.02%) Java Engineer
12 9 (4.02%) Java Software Engineer
12 9 (4.02%) QA Software Engineer
12 9 (4.02%) Test Automation Engineer
13 7 (3.13%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.13%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.93%) .NET
2 12 (5.36%) XML
3 10 (4.46%) JSON
3 10 (4.46%) Playwright
4 9 (4.02%) .NET Core
4 9 (4.02%) CSS
4 9 (4.02%) Ext JS
4 9 (4.02%) HTML
4 9 (4.02%) React
4 9 (4.02%) Spring
4 9 (4.02%) Spring Boot
5 8 (3.57%) REST
6 6 (2.68%) SOAP
7 5 (2.23%) CSS3
7 5 (2.23%) HTML5
7 5 (2.23%) Laravel
7 5 (2.23%) Sass
7 5 (2.23%) Tailwind CSS
7 5 (2.23%) Vue
8 4 (1.79%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.80%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.02%) Market Risk
4 8 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.57%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.13%) Credit Derivative
5 7 (3.13%) Derivative
5 7 (3.13%) Fixed Income
5 7 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (3.13%) Hedge funds
5 7 (3.13%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.13%) Reference Data
6 6 (2.68%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.34%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.82%) Linux
1 22 (9.82%) Windows
2 8 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.13%) Unix
4 4 (1.79%) Android
5 2 (0.89%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.89%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.45%) CentOS
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 136 (60.71%) Agile
3 76 (33.93%) Software Testing
4 74 (33.04%) DevOps
5 53 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (23.66%) User Experience
6 48 (21.43%) Test Scripting
7 43 (19.20%) SDLC
8 40 (17.86%) Regression Testing
9 33 (14.73%) Scrum
10 31 (13.84%) Continuous Integration
10 31 (13.84%) Test Strategy
11 30 (13.39%) CI/CD
11 30 (13.39%) Code Quality
12 28 (12.50%) API Testing
13 25 (11.16%) BDD
13 25 (11.16%) Computer Science
14 22 (9.82%) Microservices
15 21 (9.38%) Risk Management
16 20 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (30.80%) SQL
2 59 (26.34%) Java
3 47 (20.98%) JavaScript
4 39 (17.41%) C#
5 30 (13.39%) Python
6 5 (2.23%) PHP
6 5 (2.23%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.79%) C
8 3 (1.34%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.89%) Bash
9 2 (0.89%) C++
9 2 (0.89%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (19.20%) Degree
2 39 (17.41%) ISTQB
3 18 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (8.04%) ISEB
4 10 (4.46%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.68%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (2.23%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.34%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.89%) HND
8 2 (0.89%) OSCP
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (51.34%) QA
2 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (0.89%) ISO 14001
2 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.89%) SLA
3 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.89%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.23%) Grafana
1 5 (2.23%) Kibana
2 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 43 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.02%) TOWER Software
3 7 (3.13%) Oracle
4 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.89%) SAP
6 1 (0.45%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.45%) BT
6 1 (0.45%) Databricks
6 1 (0.45%) HP
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.45%) VMware