Functional Testing Jobs in the North of England

Functional Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 351 358
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 -65
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 16 46 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.14% 0.26% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.32% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10 34 37
10th Percentile £38,888 £26,035 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -15.22% +33.72%
75th Percentile £56,563 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,250 - £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Functional 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,957 14,590 16,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.99% 83.40% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,706 11,215 7,943
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West -16 14 £47,500 - 21
Yorkshire +50 1 £29,750 -40.50% 6
North East +42 1 £52,500 - 2
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP APO
1 1 (6.25%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Selenium
2 1 (6.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Military
4 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 4 (25.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Operations Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Operations Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Business Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Operations Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) CSS
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
1 4 (25.00%) Node.js
1 4 (25.00%) React
1 4 (25.00%) Redux
2 1 (6.25%) Playwright
2 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Sports Betting
2 2 (12.50%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Life Science
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Scrum
3 4 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 4 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) SDLC
4 3 (18.75%) Test Management
4 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) User Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 2 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) GMP
3 1 (6.25%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Bloomberg
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) SAP