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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 128 115
Rank change year-on-year -52 -13 +40
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 20 36 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.28% 1.02% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.14% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 14 32 39
10th Percentile £26,000 - £37,500
25th Percentile £26,185 £25,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,332 £28,125 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +46.96% -51.48% +10.41%
75th Percentile £52,500 £40,938 £66,875
90th Percentile £55,967 £69,125 £86,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 4,821 3,161 4,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.19% 89.32% 78.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,471 1,531 2,624
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,619
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,922 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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
West Yorkshire -28 14 £41,332 -19.35% 10
East Yorkshire -15 1 £29,330 -26.68% 1
South Yorkshire -40 1 £52,500 +72.13% 4
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 4 (20.00%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Sage 200
1 1 (5.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) BrowserStack
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) GitLab
2 3 (15.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (10.00%) JIRA
3 2 (10.00%) JUnit
3 2 (10.00%) Postman
3 2 (10.00%) Selenium
4 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (20.00%) Technical Trainer
1 4 (20.00%) Trainer
2 3 (15.00%) Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Principal Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Principal Test Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 3 (15.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Test Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Test Programme Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Junior
3 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) CSS
1 3 (15.00%) HTML
2 2 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) .NET
3 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.00%) Flutter
3 1 (5.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (5.00%) MACH
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
3 1 (5.00%) Playwright
3 1 (5.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) e-Learning
1 4 (20.00%) NHS
2 3 (15.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (5.00%) Low-Code
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) DevOps
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Scrum
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Time Management
6 3 (15.00%) CRM
6 3 (15.00%) ERP
6 3 (15.00%) Functional Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Kanban
6 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Test Management
6 3 (15.00%) User Stories
7 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
7 2 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.00%) C
3 1 (5.00%) Dart
3 1 (5.00%) PHP
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) CIPD
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) QA
2 3 (15.00%) GDPR
3 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Sage