Design for Test Job Trends in Manchester

Design for Testability (DFT)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.013% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 - £50,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,796 2,121 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.14% 89.19% 84.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,351 1,190 1,619
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -5.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -8.53%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Test relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Design for Test job vacancy trend in Manchester

Design for Test
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Design for Test.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Design for Test

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy