Functional Testing Jobs in the North of England

Functional Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional 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 346 360 284
Rank change year-on-year +14 -76 +17
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 47 78 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.45% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.46% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 35 40 92
10th Percentile £26,780 £42,500 £36,688
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +33.72% +1.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £54,818
90th Percentile - £76,000 £64,106
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Functional 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,483 16,940 16,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.70% 96.88% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,118 8,087 10,794
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
North West +18 30 £47,500 -17.39% 10
Yorkshire +55 16 £50,000 -23.08% 3
North East -13 1 - - 1
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.13%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Contentful
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Ethernet
1 4 (8.51%) RS-232
1 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
1 4 (8.51%) Wireless
2 1 (2.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JMeter
1 8 (17.02%) LoadRunner
1 8 (17.02%) Selenium
2 6 (12.77%) Git
3 5 (10.64%) HP UFT
3 5 (10.64%) MSTest
3 5 (10.64%) Subversion
3 5 (10.64%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (8.51%) Postman
5 3 (6.38%) Cucumber
6 2 (4.26%) IntelliJ
6 2 (4.26%) JIRA
6 2 (4.26%) REST Assured
7 1 (2.13%) Bugzilla
7 1 (2.13%) Grunt
7 1 (2.13%) gulp
7 1 (2.13%) Maven
7 1 (2.13%) SoapUI
7 1 (2.13%) SpecFlow
7 1 (2.13%) TestNG
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.13%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.13%) Law
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Developer
2 15 (31.91%) .NET Developer
3 13 (27.66%) Senior
4 9 (19.15%) Analyst
5 8 (17.02%) Senior .NET Developer
5 8 (17.02%) Senior Developer
5 8 (17.02%) Test Analyst
6 6 (12.77%) Test Engineer
7 5 (10.64%) Lead
8 4 (8.51%) Functional Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Functional Test Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (8.51%) Software Engineer
8 4 (8.51%) Test Leader
8 4 (8.51%) Tester
9 3 (6.38%) Performance Test Leader
9 3 (6.38%) Software Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Automation Tester
10 2 (4.26%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (48.94%) .NET
2 14 (29.79%) Web Services
3 11 (23.40%) Kafka
3 11 (23.40%) MSMQ
3 11 (23.40%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (21.28%) ASP.NET Web API
4 10 (21.28%) WCF
5 4 (8.51%) WinForms
6 3 (6.38%) .NET Core
6 3 (6.38%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (4.26%) REST
8 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.13%) CSS
8 1 (2.13%) HTML
8 1 (2.13%) SOAP
8 1 (2.13%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Video\Live Streaming
2 4 (8.51%) CCTV
3 3 (6.38%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.26%) N-Tier
5 1 (2.13%) FMCG
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) PMI
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (61.70%) Agile
2 23 (48.94%) Software Testing
3 18 (38.30%) Scrum
3 18 (38.30%) Test Automation
4 15 (31.91%) Kanban
5 14 (29.79%) Clean Code
5 14 (29.79%) Design Patterns
5 14 (29.79%) OOP
5 14 (29.79%) TDD
6 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (21.28%) Defect Management
8 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
8 9 (19.15%) Non-Functional Testing
9 8 (17.02%) Performance Optimisation
9 8 (17.02%) Performance Testing
9 8 (17.02%) Test Scripting
10 7 (14.89%) Regression Testing
10 7 (14.89%) Software Engineering
10 7 (14.89%) Test Strategy
11 6 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (57.45%) C#
2 8 (17.02%) SQL
3 4 (8.51%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Degree
2 6 (12.77%) ISTQB
3 5 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (10.64%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Master's Degree
4 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) QA
2 4 (8.51%) PMO
3 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) HP