Software Testing Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Software Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland citing Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	38	-	45
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing	121	0	13
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland	6.77%	-	2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	9.88%	-	3.28%
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	£64,375
25^th Percentile	£45,000	-	£65,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	-	£68,750
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+25.00%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	-	£70,938
90^th Percentile	-	-	£71,125
UK median annual salary	£52,500	£57,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	-7.89%	-0.87%	+4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Software 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 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,225	378	396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland	68.51%	84.38%	79.36%
Number of salaries quoted	292	154	188
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£30,000	£34,112
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£35,000	£45,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+30.00%	-16.67%	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£78,312	£68,750	£79,419
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£87,125	£95,000
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£54,793	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.50%	-8.68%	-

Software Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Software Testing Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Software 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 Software Testing within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 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	-	61	£50,000	-	29
County Down	-	42	-	-
County Armagh	-	16	-	-
Newry	-	2	-	-	2
County Tyrone	-	2	-	-
Software Testing UK

Software Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, job vacancies citing Software Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region citing Software Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	C#	92.6%	112
1	Continuous Improvement	92.6%	112
3	Enterprise Architecture	91.7%	111
3	QA	91.7%	111
3	Strategic Planning	91.7%	111
6	Software Engineering	72.7%	88
7	Agile	55.4%	67
8	Problem-Solving	49.6%	60
9	CI/CD	48.8%	59
9	Microservices	48.8%	59
11	.NET	47.9%	58
11	Acceptance Criteria	47.9%	58
11	API Development	47.9%	58
11	Architectural Patterns	47.9%	58
11	Data Governance	47.9%	58
11	Information Security	47.9%	58
11	Software Architecture	47.9%	58
11	Sprint Planning	47.9%	58
11	Sprint Retrospective	47.9%	58
11	Workflow	47.9%	58
21	Mentoring	45.5%	55
21	Stakeholder Engagement	45.5%	55
21	Test Automation	45.5%	55
21	Test Strategy	45.5%	55
25	DevOps	44.6%	54
25	JavaScript	44.6%	54
25	Python	44.6%	54
25	SaaS	44.6%	54
25	TypeScript	44.6%	54
30	Budget Management	43.8%	53

Software 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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	92.6%	112
2	Enterprise Architecture	91.7%	111
2	Strategic Planning	91.7%	111
4	Software Engineering	72.7%	88
5	Agile	55.4%	67
6	Problem-Solving	49.6%	60
7	CI/CD	48.8%	59
7	Microservices	48.8%	59
9	Acceptance Criteria	47.9%	58
9	API Development	47.9%	58
9	Architectural Patterns	47.9%	58
9	Data Governance	47.9%	58
9	Information Security	47.9%	58
9	Software Architecture	47.9%	58
9	Sprint Planning	47.9%	58
9	Sprint Retrospective	47.9%	58
9	Workflow	47.9%	58
18	Mentoring	45.5%	55
18	Stakeholder Engagement	45.5%	55
18	Test Automation	45.5%	55