System Testing Jobs in the North West

System Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 278 283
Rank change year-on-year +35 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 58 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.72% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 52 15 14
10th Percentile - £36,120 £40,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £38,066 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,863 £40,144 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -27.01% +29.41%
75th Percentile £54,793 £49,021 £77,715
90th Percentile - £52,000 -
England median annual salary £47,863 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.53% +1.82% -3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

System 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 7,723 8,221 7,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.81% 82.40% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,001 6,231 3,872
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,064
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 £77,500 £80,000 £81,475
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the North West

System Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the North West.

Salary trend for System Testing in the North West

System Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for System Testing in the North West

System Testing
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 System Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Lancashire - 55 £47,863 - 8
Manchester +38 1 - - 20
Cheshire +4 1 - - 10
Merseyside - 1 - - 2
System Testing
England

System Testing
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 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 50 (86.21%) Microsoft Office
1 50 (86.21%) Simulink
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.90%) VPN
2 2 (3.45%) Intranet
3 1 (1.72%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.72%) FlexRay
3 1 (1.72%) MQTT
3 1 (1.72%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Cucumber
1 4 (6.90%) Robot Framework
General
1 50 (86.21%) Aerospace
2 46 (79.31%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Aeronautics
4 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.45%) Finance
6 1 (1.72%) Automotive
6 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (87.93%) Senior
2 50 (86.21%) Lead
2 50 (86.21%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 50 (86.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 50 (86.21%) Systems Engineer
2 50 (86.21%) Team Leader
3 5 (8.62%) Test Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (3.45%) Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (1.72%) Messaging Engineer
6 1 (1.72%) Senior Messaging Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.90%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.72%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
1 4 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (93.10%) Coaching
2 52 (89.66%) Project Management
3 51 (87.93%) Agile
4 50 (86.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 50 (86.21%) Safety Engineering
4 50 (86.21%) SysML
4 50 (86.21%) Systems Engineering
5 40 (68.97%) Software Delivery
5 40 (68.97%) Technical Leadership
6 25 (43.10%) Business Continuity
6 25 (43.10%) Line Management
7 20 (34.48%) Situational Awareness
8 14 (24.14%) Mentoring
9 10 (17.24%) Backlog Management
9 10 (17.24%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 10 (17.24%) Cost Control
9 10 (17.24%) Mathematics
9 10 (17.24%) Performance Management
9 10 (17.24%) Physics
10 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.90%) Bash
1 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
1 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
1 4 (6.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (89.66%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (25.86%) Degree
3 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) QA
Vendors
1 53 (91.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (86.21%) MathWorks
3 2 (3.45%) Hyperion
3 2 (3.45%) Oracle
3 2 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco