Functional Testing Job Trends in Cheshire

Functional Testing
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 57 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.079% 0.66% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.74% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Functional 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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,084 541 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.42% 88.69% 85.32%
Number of salaries quoted 431 280 346
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,875 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
Crewe - 1 £65,000 -
Functional Testing
North West

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB