TestRail Job Trends in the North of England

Gurock TestRail
England > North of England

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 283 270
Rank change year-on-year +23 -13 +118
Permanent jobs citing TestRail 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.009% 0.043% 0.026%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 0.54% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £31,563 £39,750
25th Percentile - £38,031 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £43,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -21.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £51,156 £65,000
90th Percentile - £62,463 £70,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -4.76%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

TestRail falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 538 737 934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.11% 7.86% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 393 412 774
10th Percentile - £37,500 £38,890
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,710 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £52,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -11.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -

TestRail
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TestRail relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

TestRail job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing TestRail.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing TestRail

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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 TestRail within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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 East - 1 - -
TestRail
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft