Tester Jobs in the North West

Tester
England > North West

The median Tester salary in the North West is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
8 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 128 224
Rank change year-on-year -131 +96 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 36 206 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.37% 2.63% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 2.96% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 27 35 51
10th Percentile £28,950 £31,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,310 6,965 8,974
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 88.96% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,147 4,048 5,399
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the North West

Tester
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Tester in the North West

Tester
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the North West

Tester
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 Tester within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Cheshire -18 11 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Manchester -106 9 £41,250 -8.33% 2
Merseyside 0 8 £37,500 -
Lancashire -25 7 - -
Cumbria - 1 £27,000 -
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 20 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 17 (47.22%) QA
3 16 (44.44%) Software Testing
4 10 (27.78%) SDLC
5 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 9 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (25.00%) Selenium
6 8 (22.22%) C#
6 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.22%) Code Quality
7 7 (19.44%) Cucumber
7 7 (19.44%) Gherkin
7 7 (19.44%) Creative Thinking
7 7 (19.44%) Finance
7 7 (19.44%) Legal
7 7 (19.44%) Security Testing
7 7 (19.44%) Logistics
8 6 (16.67%) Test Management
8 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
9 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
9 5 (13.89%) Postman
9 5 (13.89%) DevOps
9 5 (13.89%) ISTQB
9 5 (13.89%) Retail
9 5 (13.89%) Automotive
9 5 (13.89%) Regression Testing
9 5 (13.89%) Java
9 5 (13.89%) Python

Tester Skill Set
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 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Wireless
2 2 (5.56%) Internet
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Selenium
2 7 (19.44%) Cucumber
3 5 (13.89%) Postman
4 4 (11.11%) Appium
4 4 (11.11%) WebDriver
5 3 (8.33%) Burp Suite
5 3 (8.33%) JMeter
5 3 (8.33%) JUnit
5 3 (8.33%) Metasploit
5 3 (8.33%) SoapUI
5 3 (8.33%) TestNG
6 2 (5.56%) Git
6 2 (5.56%) JIRA
6 2 (5.56%) REST Assured
6 2 (5.56%) SOAtest
6 2 (5.56%) SpecFlow
6 2 (5.56%) TeamCity
7 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
7 1 (2.78%) Fiddler
General
1 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Legal
3 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Automotive
4 5 (13.89%) Retail
5 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) Gherkin
2 2 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) EDI
3 1 (2.78%) JSON
3 1 (2.78%) RESTful
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) Swagger
3 1 (2.78%) Web Services
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Mobile App
2 3 (8.33%) IoT
2 3 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) FMCG
3 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 16 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 10 (27.78%) SDLC
4 9 (25.00%) Agile
5 8 (22.22%) Code Quality
5 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (19.44%) Creative Thinking
6 7 (19.44%) Logistics
6 7 (19.44%) Security Testing
7 6 (16.67%) Test Management
8 5 (13.89%) DevOps
8 5 (13.89%) Regression Testing
9 4 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (11.11%) Manual Testing
10 3 (8.33%) OWASP
10 3 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (8.33%) Performance Testing
10 3 (8.33%) Test Scripting
10 3 (8.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (22.22%) C#
3 5 (13.89%) Java
3 5 (13.89%) Python
4 3 (8.33%) SQL
5 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.78%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) ISTQB
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) OSCP
4 3 (8.33%) CREST Certified
4 3 (8.33%) OSCE
5 2 (5.56%) HND
6 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (47.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Nessus
1 3 (8.33%) Nmap
2 1 (2.78%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Qualys
101 Tester jobs in England