Software Testing Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Software Testing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 76 90
Rank change year-on-year -41 +14 +20
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 17 24 62
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.78% 1.91% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.07% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 51
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,375 £31,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,421 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.73% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £140,677 £80,000
90th Percentile £109,000 - £100,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,713 1,160 2,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 78.15% 92.43% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 616 1,732
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,375 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,900
Median % change year-on-year - +0.18% -0.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +5.00% -8.90%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in West Yorkshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Leeds -36 15 £41,500 -33.60% 13
Bradford -21 2 £68,125 -
Software Testing
Yorkshire

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (17.65%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) SaaS
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 3 (17.65%) GCP
4 2 (11.76%) IaaS
4 2 (11.76%) PaaS
5 1 (5.88%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Postman
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) JUnit
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Technical Support
2 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Support
2 3 (17.65%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Trainer
2 3 (17.65%) Trainer
3 2 (11.76%) Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior JavaScript Developer
4 1 (5.88%) QA Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) MACH
1 2 (11.76%) Node.js
1 2 (11.76%) React
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
2 1 (5.88%) GraphQL
2 1 (5.88%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) e-Learning
1 3 (17.65%) Life Science
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
1 3 (17.65%) NHS
2 2 (11.76%) AI Agents
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (35.29%) DevOps
1 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) API Integration
3 4 (23.53%) API Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) Database Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Fintech
4 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
4 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) CIPD
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft