Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Smoke Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Smoke Testing | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire | - | - | 0.091% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £45,000 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | - | - | £45,000 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire
Smoke 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 | 1,204 | 429 | 920 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 78.74% | 89.56% | 83.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 530 | 212 | 722 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £30,550 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £37,750 | £32,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,720 | £47,903 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.71% | +0.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £60,000 | £62,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £81,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | -9.09% |
Smoke Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smoke Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Smoke Testing
Salary Trend in Cheshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Smoke Testing.
