Test Strategy Jobs in the North West

Test Strategy
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 240 234
Rank change year-on-year -20 -6 -22
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 30 62 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.31% 0.78% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.81% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29 29 46
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £30,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,674 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +22.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £67,750 £71,600 £63,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Test Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,062 7,624 8,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.74% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 3,949 5,362
10th Percentile £27,775 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,050 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the North West

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the North West

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the North West

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 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 -6 11 £51,674 -6.05% 10
Cheshire -5 10 £62,500 -
Merseyside +5 9 £40,000 - 3
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (13.33%) SaaS
5 3 (10.00%) Google Ads
5 3 (10.00%) Google Analytics
6 1 (3.33%) Firebase
6 1 (3.33%) GitHub
6 1 (3.33%) IaaS
6 1 (3.33%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Appium
1 3 (10.00%) Git
1 3 (10.00%) Postman
2 2 (6.67%) Cucumber
2 2 (6.67%) Cypress.io
2 2 (6.67%) JUnit
2 2 (6.67%) REST Assured
2 2 (6.67%) Selenium
2 2 (6.67%) SoapUI
2 2 (6.67%) SOAtest
2 2 (6.67%) TestNG
2 2 (6.67%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.33%) GitLab
3 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Banking
5 2 (6.67%) Retail
6 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.33%) Police
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) IT Manager
2 5 (16.67%) Test Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) PPC Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Test Leader
4 3 (10.00%) Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Automation Test Lead
5 2 (6.67%) Automation Tester
6 1 (3.33%) Architect
6 1 (3.33%) E-Commerce Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Mobile Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) QA Leader
6 1 (3.33%) QA Team Leader
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Software Test Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Software Tester
6 1 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) .NET
1 2 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (3.33%) Web Services
2 1 (3.33%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (13.33%) Operational Technology
2 4 (13.33%) SCADA
3 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.67%) FMCG
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Test Automation
2 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (36.67%) CI/CD
4 10 (33.33%) Test Management
4 10 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 9 (30.00%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (23.33%) Agile
7 7 (23.33%) Continuous Delivery
8 6 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Budgeting
8 6 (20.00%) Data Analysis
8 6 (20.00%) Data Security
8 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (20.00%) Project Management
9 5 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
10 4 (13.33%) E-Commerce
10 4 (13.33%) Performance Testing
10 4 (13.33%) Software Testing
10 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.67%) C#
2 2 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (3.33%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Analytics IQ
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Progress Chef
1 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Google
1 3 (10.00%) Kenshoo
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) VMware