Tester Job Trends in Blackpool

Tester
Lancashire > Blackpool

The median Tester salary in Blackpool is £42,224 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 1.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £40,445 - -
25th Percentile £41,112 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,224 - -
75th Percentile £43,335 - -
90th Percentile £44,002 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Blackpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Blackpool. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Blackpool with a recognized job title 168 44 89
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.41% 81.48% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 157 31 86
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £35,924
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,717 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -5.47% +146.66%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,415 £75,772
90th Percentile £80,000 £61,250 £84,964
Lancashire median annual salary £45,497 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% +11.23% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.

Tester job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Tester
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Blackpool.

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Blackpool

Tester Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Blackpool region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) COBOL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) VME

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA