Software Test Engineer Jobs in the North West

Software Test Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Test Engineer salary in the North West is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 300 328
Rank change year-on-year +23 +28 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 3 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.031% 0.012% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.014% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £29,250 - -
25th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
90th Percentile £47,750 - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,071 7,223 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.26% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,995 4,144 5,525
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,978
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.57% +0.83% +9.09%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in the North West

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in the North West

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Test Engineer in the North West

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 April 2024. 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
Manchester - 3 £42,500 -
Software Test Engineer
England

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 April 2024, Software Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Appium
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Firebase
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (33.33%) Postman

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (33.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Firebase
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Appium
2 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Observability
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA