Exploratory Testing Jobs in the North West

Exploratory Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory 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 289 300 313
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 -81
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 2 3 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.021% 0.037% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.039% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile - - £31,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £53,063
90th Percentile - £46,500 £53,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Exploratory 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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,063 7,671 8,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.18% 95.78% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,139 3,964 5,357
10th Percentile £27,950 £30,500 £30,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,603 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Exploratory Testing in the North West

Exploratory Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in the North West.

Salary trend for Exploratory Testing in the North West

Exploratory Testing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the North West 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
Manchester +31 2 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Exploratory Testing
England

Exploratory Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HND
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA