Test Strategy Jobs in Lancashire

Test Strategy
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 - 75
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 10 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.44% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £50,424 - -
25th Percentile £51,437 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 - £42,500
75th Percentile £54,310 - £46,875
90th Percentile £56,224 - £47,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,674 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.44% -6.05% +18.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Test Strategy 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 2,266 1,032 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 98.61% 79.26% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 868 356
10th Percentile £42,415 £28,000 £28,894
25th Percentile £47,683 £36,188 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £62,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,772 £69,375
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Lancashire

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Test Strategy in Lancashire

Test Strategy
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Blackpool - 2 - -
Preston - 2 £52,000 -
Blackburn - 1 £51,498 -
Chorley - 1 £55,000 - 2
Test Strategy
North West

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) 5G
1 4 (40.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (40.00%) GSM
1 4 (40.00%) LTE
1 4 (40.00%) UMTS
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (40.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Electronics
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Military
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Test Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Coaching
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (40.00%) Validation
1 4 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (30.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Test Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) HND
3 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (20.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP