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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 97 104
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 3 21 48
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.19% 1.05% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 1.36% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 43
10th Percentile £45,500 £40,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £49,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £92,250 £71,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -45.78% +7.14% -4.55%

All Process and 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 1,436 1,543 2,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 91.00% 77.15% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 754 848 1,576
10th Percentile £28,475 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,022
Median % change year-on-year - -0.04% +0.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,229 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% -0.47% +0.48%

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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 2025. 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 +5 2 £68,750 +25.00% 9
Bradford -12 1 £55,000 - 2
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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Profibus
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ADO.NET
1 1 (33.33%) GraphQL
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Design
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AVEVA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Rockwell
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens