Software Testing Jobs in Lancashire

Software Testing
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 60 27
Rank change year-on-year -28 -33 +35
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 48 26 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.38% 2.02% 9.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 2.54% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 45 12 13
10th Percentile £44,872 - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £21,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £58,943 £60,741 £46,250
90th Percentile - - £54,000
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
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 1,023 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 98.61% 79.43% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 864 348
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,000 £28,701
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £54,793 £62,313 £57,813
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,772 £67,650
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 Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Lancashire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Lancashire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Chorley - 10 £52,500 - 1
Preston - 8 £57,560 - 1
Blackpool -28 6 £57,560 -0.70% 1
Lytham St Annes - 6 £57,560 -
Blackburn -26 5 £57,560 +161.63% 3
Lancaster - 4 £42,134 -
Carnforth - 1 £40,000 -
Software Testing
North West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.08%) Azure
1 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.08%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.08%) GitLab
1 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.08%) JUnit
1 1 (2.08%) NetBeans
1 1 (2.08%) Postman
1 1 (2.08%) Selenium
1 1 (2.08%) SpecFlow
1 1 (2.08%) TestComplete
General
1 29 (60.42%) Aerospace
2 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (62.50%) Lead
2 9 (18.75%) Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Business Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Business Development Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Development Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Project Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Software Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Software Development Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Software Development Business Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Business Integration Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Integration Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Digital Developer
4 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Senior
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Software Tester
6 1 (2.08%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) .NET
1 1 (2.08%) Playwright
1 1 (2.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) SDLC
2 29 (60.42%) Collaborative Culture
2 29 (60.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (60.42%) Systems Thinking
3 11 (22.92%) Agile
4 9 (18.75%) Business Process Analysis
4 9 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (18.75%) ITSM
4 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (18.75%) Project Management
4 9 (18.75%) Service Management
4 9 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.33%) Test Automation
6 3 (6.25%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.25%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.17%) CI/CD
7 2 (4.17%) DevSecOps
7 2 (4.17%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 32 (66.67%) Java
2 30 (62.50%) SQL
3 2 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) Rust
4 1 (2.08%) C++
4 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) QA
2 4 (8.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 29 (60.42%) Oracle
2 1 (2.08%) Red Hat