Software Testing Jobs in Northamptonshire

Software Testing
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 50 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 -26 +27
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 17 8 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.37% 1.56% 8.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 1.67% 9.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 6
10th Percentile - - £40,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £25,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,329 £39,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.88% -12.22% +25.87%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £45,750
90th Percentile - £81,750 £54,250
East Midlands median annual salary £49,329 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +23.32% +3.90% -18.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 479 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 77.51% 93.19% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 412 234 316
10th Percentile £24,750 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,938 £35,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £53,750 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +5.91% +12.78%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,075 £80,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Northamptonshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Northamptonshire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Northamptonshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Northamptonshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Northampton -4 9 £49,329 -1.34%
Kettering - 4 £50,000 - 3
Software Testing
East Midlands

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) DVB
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Android Studio
2 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Electronics
4 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Software Engineer
1 5 (29.41%) Test Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Design Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 1 (5.88%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Junior
5 1 (5.88%) Junior C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Junior C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) WinForms
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) Ajax
2 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) FPGA
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (17.65%) VHDL
2 2 (11.76%) Client/Server
2 2 (11.76%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Unix
3 3 (17.65%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Defect Management
2 5 (29.41%) End-to-End Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Functional Testing
2 5 (29.41%) IT Strategy
2 5 (29.41%) Matrix Management
2 5 (29.41%) Matrix Organization
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Non-Functional Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Supplier Management
2 5 (29.41%) System Integration Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Test Strategy
2 5 (29.41%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (29.41%) V-Model
3 4 (23.53%) Change Control
3 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
3 4 (23.53%) SOLID
3 4 (23.53%) Unit Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) C
2 7 (41.18%) C++
3 6 (35.29%) Java
4 4 (23.53%) Shell Script
5 3 (17.65%) C#
5 3 (17.65%) Embedded C
5 3 (17.65%) SQL
6 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.88%) Lua
6 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) JTAG
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) F5