Software Testing Job Trends in Newtownabbey

Software Testing
County Antrim > Newtownabbey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newtownabbey requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newtownabbey 6.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +68.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newtownabbey

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 Newtownabbey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newtownabbey 53.13% 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £26,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.54% - -
75th Percentile £46,500 - -
90th Percentile £52,650 - -
County Antrim median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +10.00%

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newtownabbey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Legal Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA