Is Manual Testing Killing Your Software Delivery?

We surveyed 500 UK IT leaders to find out exactly what’s holding engineering teams back, and what the fastest-moving organisations are doing differently. Download the full findings, free.

The Hard Truth

The organisations that have automated their testing are releasing daily, resolving bugs in hours, and running leaner teams. This report shows exactly how they got there.

76% – of organisations still rely heavily on manual testing

16 – hours wasted weekly by engineers waiting on slow test cycles

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What you’ll take away

Why teams are stuck - Most organisations believe they're keeping up. The data says otherwise. Find out how release cycles, defect rates, and remediation times compare to manual testing and where the biggest gaps are hiding.

The real cost of doing nothing - Manual testing isn't just slow. It's expensive, reputation-damaging, and pushing your best engineers toward the exit. We break down the hard numbers behind the bottleneck.

What good looks like - A small minority of organisations have already made the shift. See exactly what automated-first teams are doing differently — their release cadences, defect rates, and team structures.

Is Manual Testing Killing Your Software Delivery?