Test Management Job Trends in Cheshire

Test Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Test Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 54 79
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 -
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.14% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile - - £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £44,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +47.73% -29.60% +47.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Test Management 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 1,142 486 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 81.28% 90.33% 83.70%
Number of salaries quoted 478 232 653
10th Percentile £27,350 £32,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,875 £78,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Test Management
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Test Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Test Management

Test Management
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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 - 2 £65,000 - 1
Test Management
North West

Test Management
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 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB