System Testing Job Trends in Cheshire

System Testing
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring System Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 57 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +50
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 9 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.71% 0.65% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.74% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £34,100 - -
25th Percentile £34,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 - £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +128.57%
75th Percentile £36,750 - -
90th Percentile £38,250 - £67,875
North West median annual salary £35,500 £47,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.26% -32.14% +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,078 543 415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.35% 88.73% 86.82%
Number of salaries quoted 426 280 332
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,850 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -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% +0.22%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

System Testing job vacancy trend in Cheshire

System Testing
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing System Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing System Testing

System 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 System Testing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Widnes - 9 £35,500 -
System Testing
North West

System 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Unit4 Business World
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Support
2 4 (44.44%) ERP Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ERP
1 9 (100.00%) Workflow
2 8 (88.89%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft