Test Planning Job Trends in the North West

Test Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Test Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 200 180
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +111
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 1 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.016% 0.13% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.15% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% -16.67% -17.66%
75th Percentile - £38,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Test Planning 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 5,141 4,689 3,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.40% 90.17% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,474 2,328 2,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Test Planning job vacancy trend in the North West

Test Planning
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Test Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Test Planning

Test Planning
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 Test Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Cheshire -15 1 £65,000 - 6
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB