Software Testing Job Trends in Yorkshire

Software Testing
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 128 93
Rank change year-on-year -3 -35 -25
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 28 26 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.84% 0.80% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.89% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 72
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £37,875
25th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £32,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -38.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £53,688 £61,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £75,625 £63,250 £77,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,687 2,922 2,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 80.59% 89.71% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,157 2,190
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £69,125 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Yorkshire

Software 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 Software Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 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 +6 12 £30,500 +1.67% 5
West Yorkshire -21 12 £41,500 +27.69% 15
Software Testing
England

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Moodle
2 2 (7.14%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) SaaS
2 7 (25.00%) Azure
3 6 (21.43%) AWS
4 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.14%) GCP
5 2 (7.14%) IaaS
5 2 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) Ethernet
1 2 (7.14%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) JIRA
2 2 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 17 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Law
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 3 (10.71%) Retail
6 2 (7.14%) Advertising
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 7 (25.00%) IT Support
1 7 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 7 (25.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Technical Support
3 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Software Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Support Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Graduate
4 4 (14.29%) Software Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Software Test Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
1 1 (3.57%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.57%) MACH
1 1 (3.57%) Node.js
1 1 (3.57%) React
1 1 (3.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Mobile App
1 5 (17.86%) Onboarding
2 4 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.71%) e-Learning
3 3 (10.71%) Life Science
3 3 (10.71%) NHS
4 2 (7.14%) AI Agents
4 2 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.14%) SCADA
5 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Android
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Mentoring
2 9 (32.14%) Regression Testing
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 5 (17.86%) Analytical Thinking
5 5 (17.86%) Client Onboarding
5 5 (17.86%) Code Quality
5 5 (17.86%) Data Engineering
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) CRM
6 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
6 4 (14.29%) Data Privacy
6 4 (14.29%) DevOps
6 4 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (14.29%) User Experience
7 3 (10.71%) Database Migration
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) C#
2 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (39.29%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Zoho
3 2 (7.14%) AVEVA
3 2 (7.14%) Rockwell
3 2 (7.14%) Siemens