Software Testing Jobs in Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Software Testing North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	161	120	121
Rank change year-on-year	-41	+1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing	48	58	62
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester	1.14%	1.66%	1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.25%	1.84%	2.07%
Number of salaries quoted	40	46	49
Median salary	£33,000	£32,500	£38,400
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.53%	-15.36%
90% offered a salary of more than	£22,000	£25,000	£19,200
10% offered a salary of more than	£46,500	£45,625	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£35,000	£35,000	£36,000
% change year-on-year	-	-2.77%

Software Testing is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Manchester
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	3827	3151	2994
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	91.01%	90.18%	90.32%
Number of salaries quoted	13866	11083	10262
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£63,750	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,000
% change year-on-year	-	+4.65%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Software Testing as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Manchester

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing in Manchester.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Manchester

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Testing in Manchester over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Manchester

Software Testing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Stockport	-21	2	£35,000	+27.27%	4
Salford	-	2	£45,000	-	1
Bury	-	1	£32,500	-
Software Testing North West

Software Testing
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing Software Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Software Testing.

1	52 (60.47%)	Agile Software Development
2	43 (50.00%)	Test Automation
3	25 (29.07%)	ISTQB
3	25 (29.07%)	SDLC
4	22 (25.58%)	QA
5	21 (24.42%)	Team Foundation Server
5	21 (24.42%)	ISEB
6	19 (22.09%)	Scrum
7	18 (20.93%)	Java
8	17 (19.77%)	Test Scripting
9	16 (18.60%)	Finance
10	15 (17.44%)	Selenium
10	15 (17.44%)	Degree
11	14 (16.28%)	C#
12	13 (15.12%)	SQL

13	12 (13.95%)	Windows
13	12 (13.95%)	Microsoft
14	11 (12.79%)	Manual Testing
14	11 (12.79%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
15	10 (11.63%)	DevOps
15	10 (11.63%)	Continuous Integration
15	10 (11.63%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	10 (11.63%)	JIRA
15	10 (11.63%)	Retail
15	10 (11.63%)	Oracle
16	9 (10.47%)	C
16	9 (10.47%)	PHP
16	9 (10.47%)	C++
16	9 (10.47%)	JavaScript
16	9 (10.47%)	Web Services

Software Testing
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (5.81%)	Apache
2	1 (1.16%)	BizTalk Server
2	1 (1.16%)	SharePoint

Business Applications
1	1 (1.16%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	5 (5.81%)	Amazon AWS
1	5 (5.81%)	SaaS
2	1 (1.16%)	Microsoft Azure

Communications & Networking
1	1 (1.16%)	4G
1	1 (1.16%)	GPRS
1	1 (1.16%)	GSM
1	1 (1.16%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	7 (8.14%)	MySQL
2	5 (5.81%)	SQL Server
3	2 (2.33%)	Data Warehouse
4	1 (1.16%)	MongoDB
4	1 (1.16%)	NoSQL
4	1 (1.16%)	Oracle Database
4	1 (1.16%)	Redis

Development Applications
1	21 (24.42%)	Team Foundation Server
2	15 (17.44%)	Selenium
3	10 (11.63%)	JIRA
4	9 (10.47%)	Cucumber
4	9 (10.47%)	Git (software)
5	5 (5.81%)	Bitbucket
5	5 (5.81%)	Vagrant
5	5 (5.81%)	Visual Studio
6	4 (4.65%)	TestRail
7	3 (3.49%)	HP UFT
7	3 (3.49%)	WebDriver
8	2 (2.33%)	Atlassian Bamboo
8	2 (2.33%)	FitNesse
8	2 (2.33%)	Jenkins
8	2 (2.33%)	SoapUI
8	2 (2.33%)	SpecFlow
8	2 (2.33%)	Subversion
8	2 (2.33%)	Zephyr
9	1 (1.16%)	Capybara
9	1 (1.16%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

General
1	16 (18.60%)	Finance
2	10 (11.63%)	Retail
3	6 (6.98%)	Banking
4	5 (5.81%)	Back Office
4	5 (5.81%)	Games
4	5 (5.81%)	Legal
4	5 (5.81%)	Marketing
4	5 (5.81%)	Telecoms
5	4 (4.65%)	Manufacturing
5	4 (4.65%)	Military
6	2 (2.33%)	Electronics
7	1 (1.16%)	Corporate Banking

Job Titles
1	27 (31.40%)	Tester
2	23 (26.74%)	Analyst
3	19 (22.09%)	Test Analyst
4	14 (16.28%)	Software Tester
5	12 (13.95%)	Developer
6	11 (12.79%)	Software Analyst
6	11 (12.79%)	Software Test Analyst
6	11 (12.79%)	Test Engineer
7	9 (10.47%)	Senior Tester
7	9 (10.47%)	Test Automation Engineer
8	7 (8.14%)	Automation Tester
9	6 (6.98%)	Software Developer
10	5 (5.81%)	PHP Developer
10	5 (5.81%)	Senior Software Tester
10	5 (5.81%)	Software Test Engineer
11	4 (4.65%)	.NET Software Developer
11	4 (4.65%)	C# .NET Developer
11	4 (4.65%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
11	4 (4.65%)	QA Tester
11	4 (4.65%)	Senior Automation Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	9 (10.47%)	Web Services
2	8 (9.30%)	.NET
2	8 (9.30%)	HTML
3	7 (8.14%)	HTML5
3	7 (8.14%)	XML
4	6 (6.98%)	JSON
5	5 (5.81%)	CSS
5	5 (5.81%)	Middleware
5	5 (5.81%)	RESTful
6	4 (4.65%)	Ajax
6	4 (4.65%)	ASP.NET
6	4 (4.65%)	CSS3
6	4 (4.65%)	jQuery
7	2 (2.33%)	SOAP
7	2 (2.33%)	WSDL
7	2 (2.33%)	XSD
8	1 (1.16%)	REST
8	1 (1.16%)	WinForms
8	1 (1.16%)	WPF

Miscellaneous
1	9 (10.47%)	iPad
2	5 (5.81%)	Mobile App
2	5 (5.81%)	PlayStation
3	4 (4.65%)	Analytical Skills
4	3 (3.49%)	Cyberthreat
4	3 (3.49%)	User Experience
5	2 (2.33%)	Computer Science
5	2 (2.33%)	Embedded Systems
5	2 (2.33%)	EPoS
5	2 (2.33%)	Smart City
6	1 (1.16%)	Enterprise Software
6	1 (1.16%)	Management Information System

Operating Systems
1	12 (13.95%)	Windows
2	8 (9.30%)	Apple iOS
3	7 (8.14%)	Android
4	5 (5.81%)	Linux
5	2 (2.33%)	Unix
5	2 (2.33%)	Windows XP
6	1 (1.16%)	Windows Embedded Compact
6	1 (1.16%)	Windows Mobile
6	1 (1.16%)	Windows Server
6	1 (1.16%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	52 (60.47%)	Agile Software Development
2	43 (50.00%)	Test Automation
3	25 (29.07%)	SDLC
4	19 (22.09%)	Scrum
5	17 (19.77%)	Test Scripting
6	11 (12.79%)	Manual Testing
7	10 (11.63%)	Continuous Integration
7	10 (11.63%)	DevOps
7	10 (11.63%)	User Acceptance Testing
8	9 (10.47%)	Regression Testing
8	9 (10.47%)	Scenario Testing
9	8 (9.30%)	BDD
9	8 (9.30%)	Case Management
9	8 (9.30%)	Test Strategy
10	7 (8.14%)	Functional Testing
10	7 (8.14%)	Non-Functional Testing
10	7 (8.14%)	OO
10	7 (8.14%)	Process Improvement
11	6 (6.98%)	MVC
11	6 (6.98%)	Validation

Programming Languages
1	18 (20.93%)	Java
2	14 (16.28%)	C#
3	13 (15.12%)	SQL
4	9 (10.47%)	C
4	9 (10.47%)	C++
4	9 (10.47%)	JavaScript
4	9 (10.47%)	PHP
5	7 (8.14%)	Perl
6	6 (6.98%)	Python
7	5 (5.81%)	PHP 7
7	5 (5.81%)	T-SQL
7	5 (5.81%)	VB
8	4 (4.65%)	Ruby
8	4 (4.65%)	VB6
9	2 (2.33%)	Bash Shell
10	1 (1.16%)	Apple Swift
10	1 (1.16%)	C-shell
10	1 (1.16%)	Korn
10	1 (1.16%)	PL/SQL

Qualifications
1	25 (29.07%)	ISTQB
2	21 (24.42%)	ISEB
3	15 (17.44%)	Degree
4	11 (12.79%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
5	4 (4.65%)	Numerate Degree
6	3 (3.49%)	Security Cleared
7	2 (2.33%)	Computer Science Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	22 (25.58%)	QA

System Software
1	4 (4.65%)	Hyper-V
1	4 (4.65%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	4 (4.65%)	HP Quality Center

Vendors
1	12 (13.95%)	Microsoft
2	10 (11.63%)	Oracle
3	5 (5.81%)	Zend
4	4 (4.65%)	VMware
5	3 (3.49%)	HP
6	2 (2.33%)	Salesforce.com
6	2 (2.33%)	SAP
7	1 (1.16%)	Apple
7	1 (1.16%)	ForgeRock
7	1 (1.16%)	Sitecore
7	1 (1.16%)	Tableau
7	1 (1.16%)	Vertica