Software Testing Jobs in Cheshire

Software Testing
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 31 88
Rank change year-on-year -41 +57 -32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 27 70 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.75% 7.65% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 8.09% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 8
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,500 £34,350
25th Percentile £40,500 £39,375 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +37.50% +40.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £88,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,625 -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.01% +9.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,229 865 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 79.50% 94.54% 91.90%
Number of salaries quoted 928 457 513
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,782 £89,250 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Cheshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Cheshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Cheshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Cheshire

Software 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 Software Testing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Warrington -28 6 £58,750 +27.03% 5
Chester - 6 £60,000 - 2
Ellesmere Port - 2 £76,500 - 1
Wilmslow - 2 £46,048 -
Northwich - 2 £40,000 -
Knutsford -11 1 £82,500 +6.45% 1
Winsford - 1 £40,000 -
Software Testing
North West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (7.41%) Confluence
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) AWS
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) RS-232
2 2 (7.41%) Internet
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Big Data
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Git
2 4 (14.81%) Subversion
2 4 (14.81%) TeamCity
3 3 (11.11%) Postman
3 3 (11.11%) Selenium
4 2 (7.41%) JIRA
4 2 (7.41%) JUnit
5 1 (3.70%) Appium
5 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.70%) IntelliJ
5 1 (3.70%) JMeter
5 1 (3.70%) Mockito
5 1 (3.70%) TestNG
General
1 7 (25.93%) Electronics
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Legal
2 4 (14.81%) Retail
3 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.41%) Military
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Software Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Backend Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Software Tester
4 4 (14.81%) Tester
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Scrum Master
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Software Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Development Director
6 1 (3.70%) HR Director
6 1 (3.70%) Java Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) EDI
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) Playwright
2 1 (3.70%) Spring
2 1 (3.70%) Web Services
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Smart Energy
2 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) VMS
2 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Software Engineering
2 6 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (11.11%) Development Roadmap
5 3 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.41%) Burndown Charts
6 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
6 2 (7.41%) Coaching
6 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.41%) DevOps
6 2 (7.41%) Mentoring
6 2 (7.41%) Product Backlog
6 2 (7.41%) SDLC
6 2 (7.41%) User Stories
6 2 (7.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) C
1 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
2 4 (14.81%) Embedded C
2 4 (14.81%) Java
2 4 (14.81%) R
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
3 3 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Atmel
3 1 (3.70%) BT