Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Smoke Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smoke Testing over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 295 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Smoke Testing | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | - | - | 0.013% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.014% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £60,000 |
| England median annual salary | £35,000 | £76,250 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -54.10% | +117.86% | -36.36% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
North West
Smoke 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 West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 7,486 | 8,394 | 7,245 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 95.93% | 81.13% | 95.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,793 | 6,316 | 3,841 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,750 | £27,500 | £31,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £37,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,840 | £80,000 | £81,250 |
| England median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -12.00% | +4.17% |
Smoke Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Smoke Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Smoke Testing
Salary Trend in the North West
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Smoke Testing in the North West.