Software Testing Jobs in Leeds

Software Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 79 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 +41
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 14 57 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.82% 2.49% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 2.91% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 13 40 39
10th Percentile £33,200 £31,800 £35,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,063 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,965 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.02% +15.93% +2.04%
75th Percentile £140,677 £96,250 £63,250
90th Percentile - £100,000 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £57,965 £50,000
% change year-on-year +38.02% +15.93% +0.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 725 1,959 2,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 94.16% 85.55% 97.69%
Number of salaries quoted 477 1,398 1,645
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £34,734
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Leeds over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Leeds

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) GCP
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Azure API Management
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) mabl
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
1 1 (7.14%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (14.29%) MySQL
1 2 (14.29%) Redis
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (21.43%) JIRA
3 1 (7.14%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (7.14%) Postman
3 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Banking
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Advertising
5 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Lead
2 6 (42.86%) Lead Software Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
4 1 (7.14%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) .NET
2 6 (42.86%) Express.js
2 6 (42.86%) Kafka
2 6 (42.86%) Node.js
2 6 (42.86%) React
3 2 (14.29%) FastAPI
3 2 (14.29%) Flask
3 2 (14.29%) GraphQL
3 2 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
4 1 (7.14%) ADO
4 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (7.14%) Blazor
4 1 (7.14%) SOAP
4 1 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Cloud Native
1 6 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Mentoring
2 8 (57.14%) SDLC
3 7 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) Event-Driven
4 6 (42.86%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 6 (42.86%) Low Latency
4 6 (42.86%) Operational Stability
4 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 4 (28.57%) Code Quality
6 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (14.29%) Coaching
7 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 2 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
7 2 (14.29%) Microservices
7 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C#
1 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (42.86%) PL/SQL
3 6 (42.86%) TypeScript
4 2 (14.29%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (7.14%) MCSD
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
2 2 (14.29%) Grafana
2 2 (14.29%) Prometheus
3 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) AVEVA
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Rockwell
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens