Software Testing Jobs in the North West

Software Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 31 101
Rank change year-on-year -117 +70 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 153 699 310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.58% 8.73% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 9.11% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 125 88 143
10th Percentile £31,750 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.55% +10.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £60,420
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Software Testing 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 8,063 7,671 8,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.18% 95.78% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,139 3,964 5,357
10th Percentile £27,950 £30,500 £30,150
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% +9.03%
75th Percentile £65,603 £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%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the North West

Software 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 Software Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 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 -107 82 £55,000 +10.00% 38
Lancashire -35 26 £50,000 +26.58% 15
Cheshire -51 24 £55,000 -12.00% 24
Merseyside -31 17 £42,000 -21.86%
Cumbria -10 4 £50,000 +81.82%
Software Testing
England

Software 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 3 (1.96%) Confluence
1 3 (1.96%) IIS
2 2 (1.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.58%) BPCS
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.03%) AWS
2 21 (13.73%) Azure
3 10 (6.54%) Google Play
4 8 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.58%) GitHub
6 6 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.92%) GCP
7 4 (2.61%) SaaS
8 2 (1.31%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.65%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) Firebase
9 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.54%) Wireless
2 9 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (4.58%) Internet
4 4 (2.61%) LAN
4 4 (2.61%) RS-232
5 2 (1.31%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.65%) Firewall
6 1 (0.65%) Network Security
6 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.58%) MySQL
1 7 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.92%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.61%) Big Data
4 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (15.03%) Git
2 17 (11.11%) Appium
3 12 (7.84%) Selenium
3 12 (7.84%) Visual Studio
4 8 (5.23%) Postman
5 7 (4.58%) Cypress.io
6 6 (3.92%) JUnit
6 6 (3.92%) Subversion
7 5 (3.27%) Android Studio
7 5 (3.27%) IntelliJ
7 5 (3.27%) JIRA
7 5 (3.27%) Mockito
8 4 (2.61%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.61%) Jasmine
8 4 (2.61%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.65%) JMeter
9 1 (0.65%) NUnit
9 1 (0.65%) TestNG
General
1 25 (16.34%) Finance
2 18 (11.76%) Legal
2 18 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.88%) Electronics
6 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.27%) Automotive
7 5 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.27%) Retail
8 4 (2.61%) Back Office
9 2 (1.31%) Military
10 1 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 68 (44.44%) Developer
2 37 (24.18%) Senior
3 30 (19.61%) .NET Developer
4 23 (15.03%) Senior Developer
5 16 (10.46%) Tester
6 15 (9.80%) Software Engineer
6 15 (9.80%) Software Tester
7 14 (9.15%) Software Developer
8 11 (7.19%) Backend Developer
8 11 (7.19%) IT Support
9 10 (6.54%) Android Developer
9 10 (6.54%) Lead
9 10 (6.54%) Senior .NET Developer
9 10 (6.54%) Senior Android Developer
10 9 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 8 (5.23%) Test Manager
12 7 (4.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Lead Developer
12 7 (4.58%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (24.84%) .NET
2 17 (11.11%) JSON
3 15 (9.80%) Web Services
4 12 (7.84%) .NET Framework
4 12 (7.84%) Kafka
4 12 (7.84%) MSMQ
4 12 (7.84%) RabbitMQ
5 10 (6.54%) Android SDK
5 10 (6.54%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (6.54%) REST
5 10 (6.54%) WCF
6 7 (4.58%) React Native
6 7 (4.58%) RESTful
6 7 (4.58%) SOAP
7 6 (3.92%) GraphQL
8 5 (3.27%) CSS
8 5 (3.27%) HTML
9 4 (2.61%) EDI
9 4 (2.61%) Jest
9 4 (2.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.03%) Video\Live Streaming
2 10 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 7 (4.58%) iSeries
4 7 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.61%) Smart Energy
6 3 (1.96%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.96%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.31%) IoT
7 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.65%) CCTV
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) Robotics
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.11%) Android
2 12 (7.84%) Windows
3 11 (7.19%) Linux
4 6 (3.92%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.61%) Debian
5 4 (2.61%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (1.96%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.31%) VMS
7 2 (1.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (45.75%) Agile
2 37 (24.18%) Design Patterns
3 31 (20.26%) Clean Code
3 31 (20.26%) Test Automation
4 30 (19.61%) TDD
5 29 (18.95%) Software Engineering
6 28 (18.30%) Computer Science
6 28 (18.30%) Mentoring
7 25 (16.34%) Scrum
8 24 (15.69%) OOP
9 23 (15.03%) SDLC
10 21 (13.73%) Coaching
11 19 (12.42%) Code Quality
11 19 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (10.46%) CI/CD
13 16 (10.46%) Functional Testing
14 15 (9.80%) DevOps
14 15 (9.80%) Kanban
14 15 (9.80%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.84%) C#
2 26 (16.99%) Java
2 26 (16.99%) SQL
3 20 (13.07%) JavaScript
4 15 (9.80%) TypeScript
5 10 (6.54%) Kotlin
6 7 (4.58%) C
6 7 (4.58%) RPG
6 7 (4.58%) RPG IV
7 6 (3.92%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.61%) Embedded C
8 4 (2.61%) Go
8 4 (2.61%) Python
8 4 (2.61%) R
9 2 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.31%) Ruby
10 1 (0.65%) Ada
10 1 (0.65%) C++
10 1 (0.65%) VB
10 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (23.53%) Degree
2 16 (10.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.92%) AWS Certification
3 6 (3.92%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.61%) ISTQB
4 4 (2.61%) PhD
5 2 (1.31%) HND
5 2 (1.31%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (25.49%) QA
2 10 (6.54%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.88%) WCAG
4 2 (1.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.27%) Docker
3 2 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (12.42%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.19%) Google
3 7 (4.58%) IBM
4 3 (1.96%) YouTube
5 2 (1.31%) Adobe
5 2 (1.31%) VMware
6 1 (0.65%) Atmel
6 1 (0.65%) BT
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle
6 1 (0.65%) Peregrine