Exploratory Testing Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Exploratory Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland citing Exploratory Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.056% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Exploratory Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills 1,223 375 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 68.40% 85.03% 79.23%
Number of salaries quoted 293 152 187
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,112
25th Percentile £45,000 £34,463 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £49,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -17.92% +20.00%
75th Percentile £78,312 £67,813 £79,613
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £54,537 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.02% -9.11% -

Exploratory Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Exploratory Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Exploratory Testing Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Exploratory Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Exploratory Testing

Exploratory Testing Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 1 £50,000 - 3
Exploratory Testing
UK

Exploratory Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile100.0%1
1CI/CD100.0%1
1Code Quality100.0%1
1Component Testing100.0%1
1Design Patterns100.0%1
1DevOps100.0%1
1End-to-End Testing100.0%1
1Mentoring100.0%1
1Microservices100.0%1
1OO100.0%1
1OOP100.0%1
1Refactoring100.0%1
1Root Cause Analysis100.0%1
1SDET100.0%1
1SDLC100.0%1
1Software Delivery100.0%1
1Software Engineering100.0%1
1Software Testing100.0%1
1SOLID100.0%1
1Stakeholder Engagement100.0%1