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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 76 118
Rank change year-on-year -3 +42 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 57 125 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 2.51% 4.05% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 4.16% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41 44 48
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,125 £27,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £29,311
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £51,250 £49,586
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +3.36% +4.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £61,750 £62,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,500 £72,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,965 £50,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year +15.93% -0.34% +11.49%

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 1,978 3,008 3,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 87.25% 97.38% 97.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,397 1,741 2,558
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,308 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,000 £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 19 April 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 (14.04%) Confluence
1 8 (14.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.09%) Azure
2 15 (26.32%) AWS
3 8 (14.04%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (14.04%) GCP
3 8 (14.04%) Slack
4 5 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.75%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub
7 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.75%) SaaS
7 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.28%) Internet
2 3 (5.26%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.04%) Data Lake
1 8 (14.04%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (14.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (26.32%) Selenium
2 12 (21.05%) JIRA
3 8 (14.04%) CircleCI
3 8 (14.04%) Cucumber
3 8 (14.04%) Git
3 8 (14.04%) GitLab
3 8 (14.04%) Jenkins
3 8 (14.04%) JUnit
4 6 (10.53%) Postman
5 5 (8.77%) HP UFT
5 5 (8.77%) JMeter
5 5 (8.77%) LoadRunner
5 5 (8.77%) MSTest
5 5 (8.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (7.02%) Katalon Studio
7 2 (3.51%) IntelliJ
7 2 (3.51%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.75%) TestCafe
General
1 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Banking
4 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.02%) Marketing
5 4 (7.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
1 13 (22.81%) Lead
2 10 (17.54%) Test Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Senior
4 8 (14.04%) Applications Support
4 8 (14.04%) Applications Support Analyst
4 8 (14.04%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.77%) Engineering Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Software Engineering Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Software Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Software Test Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Software Tester
6 4 (7.02%) Tester
7 3 (5.26%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Test Manager
7 3 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.04%) RESTful
2 6 (10.53%) Web Services
3 4 (7.02%) .NET
3 4 (7.02%) Gherkin
3 4 (7.02%) HTML
3 4 (7.02%) XML
3 4 (7.02%) XSLT
4 3 (5.26%) Node.js
4 3 (5.26%) REST
5 2 (3.51%) ADO
6 1 (1.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Mobile App
2 6 (10.53%) NHS
3 3 (5.26%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Unix
2 7 (12.28%) Linux
3 3 (5.26%) Mac OS X
3 3 (5.26%) Windows
4 1 (1.75%) Android
4 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Test Automation
2 27 (47.37%) Agile
3 19 (33.33%) Coaching
3 19 (33.33%) DevOps
4 16 (28.07%) CI/CD
5 15 (26.32%) BDD
5 15 (26.32%) Software Engineering
6 14 (24.56%) Roadmaps
7 13 (22.81%) Mentoring
7 13 (22.81%) Regression Testing
8 10 (17.54%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (17.54%) Project Management
8 10 (17.54%) Test Scripting
9 8 (14.04%) API Design
9 8 (14.04%) Data Management
9 8 (14.04%) Functional Testing
9 8 (14.04%) Microservices
9 8 (14.04%) Mobile Application Development
9 8 (14.04%) Mobile Development
9 8 (14.04%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) SQL
2 9 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 6 (10.53%) C#
4 5 (8.77%) Python
5 4 (7.02%) Groovy
5 4 (7.02%) Java
6 3 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Degree
2 7 (12.28%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) ISTQB
3 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (8.77%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (7.02%) CIPD
5 4 (7.02%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.75%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) QA
2 8 (14.04%) GDPR
2 8 (14.04%) PSD2
3 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (7.02%) VMware Server
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Terraform
2 1 (1.75%) Grafana
2 1 (1.75%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.05%) Google
3 8 (14.04%) Duck Creek
4 4 (7.02%) Splunk
4 4 (7.02%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) BT
5 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.75%) New Relic