Software Testing Jobs in the North West

Software Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 29 111
Rank change year-on-year -112 +82 -21
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 167 671 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.68% 8.68% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 9.08% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 129 83 125
10th Percentile £28,450 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £37,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.01% +12.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £59,589
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £68,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +0.92% +3.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,199 7,388 8,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.52% 95.58% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,220 3,861 5,270
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,750 £30,000
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the North West

Software 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 Software Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester -99 89 £57,732 +12.65% 22
Lancashire -35 26 £50,000 +25.00% 4
Cheshire -44 26 £55,000 -20.00% 9
Merseyside -26 22 £45,000 -16.28% 3
Cumbria -8 4 £50,000 +81.82%
Software Testing
England

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.80%) IIS
2 2 (1.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Apache
3 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.19%) BPCS
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (19.16%) AWS
1 32 (19.16%) Azure
2 10 (5.99%) Google Play
3 8 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.19%) GCP
4 7 (4.19%) GitHub
5 6 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.59%) SaaS
6 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.60%) Firebase
7 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.99%) Wireless
2 9 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.59%) Internet
4 4 (2.40%) LAN
4 4 (2.40%) RS-232
5 2 (1.20%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.60%) Firewall
6 1 (0.60%) Network Security
6 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.79%) Geospatial Data
1 8 (4.79%) MySQL
2 7 (4.19%) NoSQL
2 7 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.40%) Big Data
4 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (13.77%) Git
2 16 (9.58%) Appium
3 13 (7.78%) Selenium
4 12 (7.19%) Visual Studio
5 8 (4.79%) Cypress.io
5 8 (4.79%) Postman
6 7 (4.19%) JUnit
7 6 (3.59%) Subversion
8 5 (2.99%) Android Studio
8 5 (2.99%) IntelliJ
8 5 (2.99%) Mockito
9 4 (2.40%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.40%) Jasmine
9 4 (2.40%) JIRA
9 4 (2.40%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.20%) JMeter
10 2 (1.20%) TestNG
11 1 (0.60%) Moq
11 1 (0.60%) NUnit
11 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.97%) Finance
3 18 (10.78%) Legal
4 17 (10.18%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (5.39%) Electronics
7 7 (4.19%) Retail
8 6 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.99%) Automotive
9 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.40%) Back Office
11 2 (1.20%) Military
12 1 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (41.32%) Developer
2 38 (22.75%) Senior
3 30 (17.96%) .NET Developer
4 23 (13.77%) Senior Developer
5 15 (8.98%) Software Engineer
5 15 (8.98%) Software Tester
5 15 (8.98%) Tester
6 14 (8.38%) Software Developer
7 13 (7.78%) Backend Developer
8 11 (6.59%) IT Support
8 11 (6.59%) Lead
9 10 (5.99%) Android Developer
9 10 (5.99%) Architect
9 10 (5.99%) Senior .NET Developer
9 10 (5.99%) Senior Android Developer
10 9 (5.39%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 8 (4.79%) Geospatial Architect
11 8 (4.79%) Lead .NET Developer
11 8 (4.79%) Lead Developer
11 8 (4.79%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (23.35%) .NET
2 18 (10.78%) JSON
3 14 (8.38%) Web Services
4 13 (7.78%) .NET Framework
5 11 (6.59%) Kafka
5 11 (6.59%) MSMQ
5 11 (6.59%) RabbitMQ
6 10 (5.99%) Android SDK
6 10 (5.99%) REST
7 8 (4.79%) ASP.NET Web API
7 8 (4.79%) WCF
8 7 (4.19%) React Native
8 7 (4.19%) RESTful
8 7 (4.19%) SOAP
9 6 (3.59%) GraphQL
10 5 (2.99%) CSS
10 5 (2.99%) HTML
10 5 (2.99%) Playwright
11 4 (2.40%) JWT
11 4 (2.40%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.77%) Video\Live Streaming
2 10 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.39%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.19%) iSeries
5 7 (4.19%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.40%) Smart Energy
7 3 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) IoT
8 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.20%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.60%) CCTV
9 1 (0.60%) FMCG
9 1 (0.60%) Robotics
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.18%) Android
2 12 (7.19%) Windows
3 11 (6.59%) Linux
4 6 (3.59%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.40%) Debian
5 4 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (1.80%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.20%) VMS
7 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (48.50%) Agile
2 37 (22.16%) Design Patterns
3 35 (20.96%) Test Automation
4 31 (18.56%) Software Engineering
5 30 (17.96%) Clean Code
5 30 (17.96%) Computer Science
5 30 (17.96%) Mentoring
5 30 (17.96%) TDD
6 28 (16.77%) DevOps
7 26 (15.57%) Scrum
8 25 (14.97%) SDLC
9 24 (14.37%) OOP
10 21 (12.57%) Code Quality
11 20 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (11.38%) CI/CD
12 19 (11.38%) Coaching
13 16 (9.58%) Performance Optimisation
14 15 (8.98%) Functional Testing
14 15 (8.98%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.35%) C#
2 28 (16.77%) Java
3 25 (14.97%) SQL
4 21 (12.57%) JavaScript
5 16 (9.58%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.99%) Kotlin
7 7 (4.19%) C
7 7 (4.19%) RPG
7 7 (4.19%) RPG IV
8 6 (3.59%) VB.NET
9 5 (2.99%) Python
10 4 (2.40%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.40%) Go
10 4 (2.40%) R
11 2 (1.20%) C++
11 2 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.20%) Ruby
12 1 (0.60%) Ada
12 1 (0.60%) VB
12 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (22.75%) Degree
2 17 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.19%) AWS Certification
3 7 (4.19%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.40%) ISTQB
4 4 (2.40%) PhD
4 4 (2.40%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) HND
5 2 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (25.15%) QA
2 10 (5.99%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.39%) WCAG
4 2 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.99%) Docker
3 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.19%) Google
3 7 (4.19%) IBM
4 3 (1.80%) BT
4 3 (1.80%) YouTube
5 2 (1.20%) Adobe
5 2 (1.20%) Oracle
5 2 (1.20%) VMware
6 1 (0.60%) Atmel
6 1 (0.60%) Peregrine