Design for Test Job Trends in Leeds

Design for Testability (DFT)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.055% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,011 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 - -
75th Percentile £73,140 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £68,076 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Design for Test 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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,365 746 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 75.12% 96.51% 87.82%
Number of salaries quoted 946 504 1,307
10th Percentile £28,375 £25,575 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,383 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility