Software Testing Jobs in Lancashire

Software Testing
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 29 58
Rank change year-on-year -35 +29 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 26 69 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.02% 9.97% 5.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 10.45% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 11
10th Percentile - £24,700 £24,250
25th Percentile £21,000 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -7.06% +11.84%
75th Percentile £60,741 £46,250 £47,500
90th Percentile - £54,000 £61,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £49,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.55% +10.56% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,024 660 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.50% 95.38% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 864 337 348
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,894 £26,100
25th Percentile £35,981 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.95% +7.98%
75th Percentile £62,313 £57,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £66,250 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Lancashire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Blackburn - 6 £22,000 - 2
Blackpool - 3 £57,965 - 1
Software Testing
North West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (7.69%) Wireless
1 2 (7.69%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Git
1 2 (7.69%) Subversion
General
1 14 (53.85%) Finance
1 14 (53.85%) Legal
2 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.54%) Automotive
5 2 (7.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Developer
1 8 (30.77%) Software Developer
2 7 (26.92%) Software Tester
2 7 (26.92%) Tester
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (15.38%) 1st Line Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (15.38%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IT Support
4 4 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Software Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Graduate
6 1 (3.85%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Graduate Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) iSeries
2 2 (7.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (23.08%) Linux
2 4 (15.38%) Debian
2 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Business Analysis
1 7 (26.92%) Code Quality
1 7 (26.92%) Creative Thinking
1 7 (26.92%) ERP
1 7 (26.92%) Project Management
1 7 (26.92%) SDLC
1 7 (26.92%) Unit Testing
2 5 (19.23%) Coaching
2 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
2 5 (19.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 3 (11.54%) Logistics
4 2 (7.69%) Prototyping
4 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.85%) OO
5 1 (3.85%) OOP
5 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) RPG
1 7 (26.92%) RPG IV
2 4 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) C
4 1 (3.85%) C#
4 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) QA
2 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 5 (19.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) IBM
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Peregrine