Tester Jobs in Manchester

Tester
North West > Manchester

The median Tester salary in Manchester is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 110 196
Rank change year-on-year -92 +86 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 12 164 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.24% 3.26% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 3.55% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 28 40
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,438 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £72,250 £58,875
North West median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,836 4,616 5,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.77% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,696 3,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Manchester

Tester
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Tester in Manchester

Tester
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Manchester

Tester
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 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
Altrincham - 3 £50,000 -
Bolton 0 2 £37,500 -37.50% 1
Tester
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Manchester region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (41.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) QA
3 4 (33.33%) Test Management
3 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) OSCP
4 3 (25.00%) OSCE
4 3 (25.00%) OWASP
4 3 (25.00%) Metasploit
4 3 (25.00%) Azure
4 3 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 3 (25.00%) IoT
4 3 (25.00%) Microservices
4 3 (25.00%) Social Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Burp Suite
4 3 (25.00%) Kali Linux
4 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (25.00%) Nessus
4 3 (25.00%) Nmap
4 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (25.00%) Metasploit
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) Selenium
3 1 (8.33%) Fiddler
3 1 (8.33%) Postman
3 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Automotive
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Games
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (25.00%) IoT
2 3 (25.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 4 (33.33%) Test Management
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (25.00%) Information Security
2 3 (25.00%) Microservices
2 3 (25.00%) OWASP
2 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Red Team
2 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Social Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) OSCP
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (25.00%) OSCE
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) HND
3 2 (16.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Nessus
1 3 (25.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Qualys