Functional Testing Job Trends in Yorkshire

Functional Testing
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 178
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.065% - 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £48,094 - £49,250
25th Percentile £48,340 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.47%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - £75,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Functional 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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,157 2,958 3,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.42% 87.67% 80.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,813 1,383 1,724
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
South Yorkshire - 2 £52,500 - 6
West Yorkshire - 1 - - 4
East Yorkshire - 1 - -
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) Line Management
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Awareness
5 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA