The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Jest skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
17 |
- |
29 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs citing Jest |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Chester |
2.88% |
- |
0.83% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
30.77% |
- |
4.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£55,025 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£61,438 |
- |
£68,790 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£72,000 |
- |
£75,669 |
| 75th Percentile |
£82,625 |
- |
£82,548 |
| 90th Percentile |
£94,550 |
- |
- |
| Cheshire median annual salary |
£72,000 |
- |
£75,669 |
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Chester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
13 |
23 |
25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester |
9.35% |
34.33% |
20.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
6 |
20 |
16 |
| 10th Percentile |
£54,125 |
£37,500 |
£51,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£59,375 |
£42,000 |
£56,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
£51,250 |
£65,175 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+36.59% |
-21.37% |
+0.27% |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,750 |
£65,000 |
£69,053 |
| 90th Percentile |
£89,250 |
- |
£78,774 |
| Cheshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
£58,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
-14.53% |
+13.59% |
