Software Testing Jobs in Leeds

Software Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 71 127
Rank change year-on-year -10 +56 -25
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 53 115 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 2.35% 3.80% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 3.90% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 39 40 46
10th Percentile £31,600 £36,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £41,625 £29,284
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £51,250 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +4.59% +3.16%
75th Percentile £95,000 £61,750 £63,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,625 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,482 £50,000 £49,586
% change year-on-year +12.96% +0.83% +10.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,950 2,949 3,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 86.63% 97.49% 97.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,389 1,708 2,552
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,663 £32,525
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,938 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Leeds over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 8 (15.09%) Confluence
2 7 (13.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.85%) Azure
2 14 (26.42%) AWS
3 8 (15.09%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (15.09%) GCP
3 8 (15.09%) Slack
4 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (7.55%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (5.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) Internet
2 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.09%) Data Lake
1 8 (15.09%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (15.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Selenium
2 11 (20.75%) JIRA
3 8 (15.09%) CircleCI
3 8 (15.09%) Cucumber
3 8 (15.09%) Git
3 8 (15.09%) GitLab
3 8 (15.09%) Jenkins
3 8 (15.09%) JUnit
4 6 (11.32%) Postman
5 5 (9.43%) HP UFT
5 5 (9.43%) JMeter
5 5 (9.43%) LoadRunner
5 5 (9.43%) MSTest
5 5 (9.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (7.55%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (3.77%) IntelliJ
7 2 (3.77%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.89%) TestCafe
General
1 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Banking
4 4 (7.55%) Marketing
4 4 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Retail
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Lead
2 12 (22.64%) Analyst
3 10 (18.87%) Test Engineer
4 8 (15.09%) Senior
5 7 (13.21%) Applications Support
5 7 (13.21%) Applications Support Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Support Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Software Test Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (7.55%) Software Engineering Manager
7 4 (7.55%) Software Manager
7 4 (7.55%) Software Tester
7 4 (7.55%) Tester
8 3 (5.66%) Backend Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Lead Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (5.66%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (3.77%) Trainee
9 2 (3.77%) Trainee Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) RESTful
2 6 (11.32%) Web Services
3 4 (7.55%) .NET
3 4 (7.55%) Gherkin
3 4 (7.55%) HTML
3 4 (7.55%) XML
3 4 (7.55%) XSLT
4 3 (5.66%) Node.js
4 3 (5.66%) REST
5 2 (3.77%) ADO
6 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Mobile App
2 6 (11.32%) NHS
3 3 (5.66%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Linux
1 7 (13.21%) Unix
2 3 (5.66%) Mac OS X
2 3 (5.66%) Windows
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (56.60%) Test Automation
2 26 (49.06%) Agile
3 18 (33.96%) Coaching
4 17 (32.08%) DevOps
5 14 (26.42%) BDD
5 14 (26.42%) CI/CD
6 13 (24.53%) Mentoring
6 13 (24.53%) Regression Testing
6 13 (24.53%) Roadmaps
6 13 (24.53%) Software Engineering
7 10 (18.87%) Project Management
7 10 (18.87%) Test Scripting
8 9 (16.98%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (15.09%) API Design
9 8 (15.09%) Continuous Deployment
9 8 (15.09%) Data Management
9 8 (15.09%) Functional Testing
9 8 (15.09%) Microservices
9 8 (15.09%) Mobile Application Development
9 8 (15.09%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (39.62%) SQL
2 9 (16.98%) JavaScript
3 6 (11.32%) C#
4 5 (9.43%) Python
5 4 (7.55%) Groovy
5 4 (7.55%) Java
6 3 (5.66%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (9.43%) ISTQB
4 5 (9.43%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (7.55%) CIPD
5 4 (7.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) QA
2 8 (15.09%) GDPR
2 8 (15.09%) PSD2
3 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (7.55%) VMware Server
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Puppet
1 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.64%) Google
3 8 (15.09%) Duck Creek
4 4 (7.55%) VMware
5 3 (5.66%) Splunk
6 1 (1.89%) BT
6 1 (1.89%) New Relic