Software Testing Jobs in Yorkshire

Software Testing
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 127 68
Rank change year-on-year +23 -59 +75
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 41 97 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.52% 1.69% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.02% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 36 69 75
10th Percentile - £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.36% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £140,677 £100,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process and 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 2,532 4,813 8,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 93.95% 83.76% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 3,690 3,529
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,200
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Yorkshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Yorkshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

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 5 May 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
West Yorkshire +17 15 £75,000 +32.79% 12
South Yorkshire +38 8 £30,250 +8.04% 8
North Yorkshire -7 2 £58,000 +5.45% 6
Humberside - 2 £58,000 -
East Yorkshire +4 1 £40,000 +33.33% 2
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.32%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 24 (58.54%) SaaS
2 16 (39.02%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) Azure
4 6 (14.63%) GCP
5 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.44%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.44%) mabl
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.44%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (48.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.88%) MySQL
2 2 (4.88%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (9.76%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (2.44%) Postman
3 1 (2.44%) SoapUI
3 1 (2.44%) Zephyr
General
1 23 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (53.66%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (41.46%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Finance
5 6 (14.63%) Banking
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.44%) Advertising
8 1 (2.44%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Support Engineer
2 16 (39.02%) IT Engineer
2 16 (39.02%) IT Support
2 16 (39.02%) IT Support Engineer
2 16 (39.02%) Software Support Engineer
3 12 (29.27%) Software Engineer
4 8 (19.51%) Lead
5 6 (14.63%) Lead Software Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior
7 4 (9.76%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Analyst
8 3 (7.32%) Junior
9 2 (4.88%) Applications Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Applications Support
9 2 (4.88%) Applications Support Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Applications Support Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Software Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Support Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) .NET
2 6 (14.63%) Express.js
2 6 (14.63%) Kafka
2 6 (14.63%) Node.js
2 6 (14.63%) React
3 2 (4.88%) FastAPI
3 2 (4.88%) Flask
3 2 (4.88%) GraphQL
3 2 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (4.88%) REST
4 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.44%) ADO
4 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (2.44%) Blazor
4 1 (2.44%) SOAP
4 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (41.46%) Mobile App
2 16 (39.02%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (21.95%) Product Ownership
4 6 (14.63%) Cloud Native
4 6 (14.63%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.44%) Robotics
5 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (46.34%) Windows
2 16 (39.02%) Android
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Mathematics
1 20 (48.78%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (46.34%) Customer Service
3 16 (39.02%) Analytical Thinking
3 16 (39.02%) CRM
3 16 (39.02%) Data Privacy
3 16 (39.02%) Exploratory Testing
3 16 (39.02%) Migration
4 15 (36.59%) Software Engineering
5 11 (26.83%) CI/CD
5 11 (26.83%) SDLC
6 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
7 9 (21.95%) Agile
8 6 (14.63%) Event-Driven
8 6 (14.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 6 (14.63%) Low Latency
8 6 (14.63%) Operational Stability
8 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
8 6 (14.63%) Test Automation
9 5 (12.20%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) SQL
2 10 (24.39%) C#
3 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.63%) Java
4 6 (14.63%) PL/SQL
4 6 (14.63%) Python
4 6 (14.63%) TypeScript
5 4 (9.76%) C++
5 4 (9.76%) Rust
6 2 (4.88%) C
7 1 (2.44%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (2.44%) MCSD
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.88%) Ansible
2 2 (4.88%) Grafana
2 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
2 16 (39.02%) Zoho
3 6 (14.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (2.44%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.44%) Rockwell
4 1 (2.44%) Sage
4 1 (2.44%) Siemens