TickIT Job Trends in the North West

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England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring TickIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 - 272
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Permanent jobs citing TickIT 13 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.14% - 0.045%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.78% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

TickIT falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 732 648 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.63% 17.59% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 466 347 862
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,875 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,880 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,560 £84,919
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +11.03% -6.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

TickIT job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing TickIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing TickIT

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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 TickIT within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 April 2026. 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 - 13 £70,000 - 2
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (15.38%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Boomi
1 11 (84.62%) Dynamics 365
1 11 (84.62%) Power Platform
2 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (53.85%) GitHub
3 4 (30.77%) Power Automate
3 4 (30.77%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (84.62%) Power BI
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) JIRA
General
1 13 (100.00%) Retail
2 11 (84.62%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (53.85%) Marketing
3 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
4 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
1 7 (53.85%) Senior
1 7 (53.85%) Senior Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) Middleware
1 11 (84.62%) REST
2 7 (53.85%) EDI
2 7 (53.85%) JSON
2 7 (53.85%) SOAP
2 7 (53.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Cloud
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) CRM
1 11 (84.62%) ERP
2 7 (53.85%) API Integration
2 7 (53.85%) B2B
2 7 (53.85%) Change Advisory Board
2 7 (53.85%) Collaborative Working
2 7 (53.85%) Customer Insight
2 7 (53.85%) Customer Service
2 7 (53.85%) Development Roadmap
2 7 (53.85%) DevOps
2 7 (53.85%) Issue Tracking
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (53.85%) Release Management
2 7 (53.85%) Roadmaps
3 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Data Governance
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Software Distribution
4 4 (30.77%) User Stories
4 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Sage
2 2 (15.38%) Workday
2 2 (15.38%) Xero