Software Testing Job Trends in Barnsley

Software Testing
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Barnsley requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Barnsley 0.87% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile £31,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,974 £30,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.73% -46.96% +9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barnsley

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Barnsley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 21 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Barnsley 66.09% 75.00% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 63 20 4
10th Percentile £27,827 £24,000 £30,613
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -33.33% +35.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £40,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £64,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £41,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.95% -25.45% +22.22%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Barnsley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Barnsley.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Barnsley

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Barnsley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Barnsley citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft