Software Testing Jobs in Cheshire

Software Testing
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 43 69
Rank change year-on-year -26 +26 -8
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 33 44 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.83% 5.37% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 5.76% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 8
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £34,350
25th Percentile £40,375 £43,125 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +70.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £100,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.01% +12.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Software 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 1,357 764 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 75.18% 93.17% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 996 440 596
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,420 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,375
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 £59,787
90th Percentile £73,750 £90,125 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -22 10 £70,000 +133.33% 2
Chester - 6 £60,000 -
Crewe - 3 £45,000 - 1
Ellesmere Port - 2 £76,500 -
Northwich - 2 £40,000 -
Knutsford -14 1 £82,500 -17.50% 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 (6.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (6.06%) Confluence
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) AWS
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
1 6 (18.18%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) RS-232
2 1 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Big Data
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Selenium
2 8 (24.24%) Git
3 5 (15.15%) JIRA
3 5 (15.15%) JUnit
4 4 (12.12%) JMeter
4 4 (12.12%) Postman
4 4 (12.12%) Subversion
4 4 (12.12%) TeamCity
4 4 (12.12%) TestNG
5 3 (9.09%) Cypress.io
6 1 (3.03%) IntelliJ
6 1 (3.03%) Mockito
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Electronics
3 5 (15.15%) Retail
4 4 (12.12%) Legal
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.06%) Military
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Software Engineer
2 6 (18.18%) Backend Developer
2 6 (18.18%) Developer
2 6 (18.18%) QA Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Development Director
4 3 (9.09%) HR Director
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Test Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Software Development Director
4 3 (9.09%) Software Tester
4 3 (9.09%) Test Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Tester
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Support
5 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) .NET
1 3 (9.09%) Playwright
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) Spring
2 1 (3.03%) Web Services
2 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Smart Energy
2 1 (3.03%) FMCG
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
2 2 (6.06%) VMS
2 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Test Automation
2 13 (39.39%) Software Engineering
3 7 (21.21%) Manual Testing
3 7 (21.21%) Test Scripting
4 6 (18.18%) Agile
4 6 (18.18%) API Testing
4 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 5 (15.15%) Development Roadmap
5 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
6 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.12%) DevOps
6 4 (12.12%) ERP
6 4 (12.12%) Performance Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Regression Testing
6 4 (12.12%) SDLC
7 3 (9.09%) Data Privacy
7 3 (9.09%) Line Management
7 3 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) JavaScript
2 6 (18.18%) C#
2 6 (18.18%) Java
3 5 (15.15%) C
4 4 (12.12%) Embedded C
4 4 (12.12%) R
4 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 3 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Docker
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) BT
3 2 (6.06%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) Atmel