Software Testing Jobs in Cumbria

Software Testing
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 42 35
Rank change year-on-year -54 -7 -12
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 22 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.94% 0.88% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.23% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 4
10th Percentile - £28,350 -
25th Percentile - £32,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,748 £50,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.50% +81.82% -31.25%
75th Percentile £45,748 £65,000 £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year +4.65% +10.55% +10.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,285 325 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 97.28% 71.27% 98.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 213 95
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,875 £35,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,700 £69,860
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Cumbria

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Cumbria

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Cumbria over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Cumbria

Software Testing
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Ulverston - 4 £43,248 -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 3 £43,248 -
Millom - 3 £43,248 -
Barrow-in-Furness - 3 £43,248 - 3
Broughton-in-Furness - 2 £43,248 -
Dalton-in-Furness - 2 £43,248 -
Grange-over-Sands - 2 £43,248 -
Windermere - 1 £22,500 -
Software Testing
North West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Development Applications
1 21 (95.45%) eggPlant
1 21 (95.45%) JIRA
General
1 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (100.00%) Analyst
1 22 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 21 (95.45%) Software Analyst
2 21 (95.45%) Software Test Analyst
3 11 (50.00%) Senior
3 11 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
3 11 (50.00%) Senior Software Test Analyst
3 11 (50.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Graduate
4 1 (4.55%) Graduate Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Graduate Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Acceptance Criteria
1 21 (95.45%) Agile
1 21 (95.45%) Scrum
1 21 (95.45%) Test Automation
1 21 (95.45%) V-Model
1 21 (95.45%) Waterfall
2 11 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (4.55%) Code Quality
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
3 1 (4.55%) Process Improvement
3 1 (4.55%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.55%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Keysight