Tester Jobs in Cheshire

Tester
North West > Cheshire

The median Tester salary in Cheshire is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 68 99
Rank change year-on-year -25 +31 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 11 22 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.72% 2.36% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 2.64% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £30,375 £36,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £38,438 £50,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.82% +62.50%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £49,000 £64,500 -
North West median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,481 834 988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.92% 89.29% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 485 532
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £58,188
90th Percentile £71,915 £88,750 £72,375
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Cheshire

Tester
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Tester in Cheshire

Tester
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Cheshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Cheshire

Tester
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Wilmslow - 4 £47,500 -
Warrington -29 2 £42,500 +41.67% 6
Knutsford -10 1 - -
Chester - 1 £32,500 - 1
Ellesmere Port - 1 £23,000 -
Winsford - 1 £40,000 -
Tester
North West

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 6 (54.55%) Gherkin
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Cucumber
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 4 (36.36%) QA
3 4 (36.36%) Selenium
4 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
4 3 (27.27%) JMeter
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 3 (27.27%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 2 (18.18%) BDD
5 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
5 2 (18.18%) SaaS
5 2 (18.18%) TeamCity
5 2 (18.18%) SpecFlow
5 2 (18.18%) Postman
5 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Performance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Load Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Cucumber
1 4 (36.36%) Selenium
2 3 (27.27%) JMeter
3 2 (18.18%) Postman
3 2 (18.18%) SpecFlow
3 2 (18.18%) TeamCity
3 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
4 1 (9.09%) Appium
4 1 (9.09%) JUnit
4 1 (9.09%) TestNG
General
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Gherkin
2 1 (9.09%) EDI
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) FMCG
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) BDD
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) User Stories
5 1 (9.09%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) ETL
5 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
5 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
1 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft