Test Scripting Jobs in Manchester

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 204 201
Rank change year-on-year +75 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 15 11 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.70% 0.22% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.25% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 24
10th Percentile £41,125 - £28,275
25th Percentile £43,719 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £76,875 £52,467 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £63,250 £77,715
North West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Test Scripting 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 2,025 4,439 4,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.03% 86.82% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 3,402 2,563
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,920 £69,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Manchester

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Manchester.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in Manchester

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in Manchester

Test Scripting
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stockport - 2 £76,250 - 3
Test Scripting
North West

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP APO
1 1 (6.67%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (13.33%) PaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MySQL
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Selenium
2 6 (40.00%) JIRA
2 6 (40.00%) Postman
3 5 (33.33%) Appium
4 4 (26.67%) Fiddler
4 4 (26.67%) JMeter
4 4 (26.67%) LoadRunner
5 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
5 1 (6.67%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Cantonese Language
3 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
3 4 (26.67%) Mandarin Language
3 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Games
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Tester
2 4 (26.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) QA Tester
3 2 (13.33%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Operations Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) QA Manager
3 2 (13.33%) QA Test Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Test Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Test Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Tester
4 1 (6.67%) Games Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Python Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) QA Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) pytest
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) Life Science
3 1 (6.67%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Test Strategy
3 7 (46.67%) Test Automation
4 5 (33.33%) Fintech
4 5 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Business Analysis
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Code Quality
5 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (26.67%) Issue Tracking
5 4 (26.67%) Security Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Sprint Planning
5 4 (26.67%) Sprint Retrospective
5 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (26.67%) User Experience
6 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (13.33%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) Java
2 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) CBAP
1 4 (26.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) QA
2 1 (6.67%) GMP
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) SAP