System Testing Job Trends in Bolton

System Testing
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring System Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 2.35% 3.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 3.48% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £30,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +100.00% -31.43% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bolton

System 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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 115 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 80.00% 97.46% 88.76%
Number of salaries quoted 45 85 54
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,480 £27,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -2.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £62,188
90th Percentile £74,700 - £75,200
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

System Testing job vacancy trend in Bolton

System Testing
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing System Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing System Testing

System Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP ERP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Planning Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP