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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 127 111
Rank change year-on-year -3 -16 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 24 38 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.67% 0.91% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.12% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23 13 69
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £27,375 £31,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £59,375 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £76,750 £67,750
England median annual salary £56,430 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% +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 3,110 3,394 3,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.20% 80.87% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,581 1,427 2,260
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,150 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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
South Yorkshire +12 14 £30,500 -46.96% 2
West Yorkshire -7 8 £53,750 +22.86% 9
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 2 (8.33%) WinCC
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) SaaS
2 8 (33.33%) Azure
3 5 (20.83%) AWS
3 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.33%) IaaS
4 2 (8.33%) PaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.33%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Postman
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Law
2 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Advertising
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
3 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) IT Engineer
1 7 (29.17%) IT Support
1 7 (29.17%) IT Support Engineer
1 7 (29.17%) Support Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Consultant
2 5 (20.83%) Software Consultant
2 5 (20.83%) Support Consultant
3 4 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Support
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 4 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) ADO.NET
2 1 (4.17%) GraphQL
2 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (12.50%) Life Science
3 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 2 (8.33%) AI Agents
4 2 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (8.33%) SCADA
5 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Android
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Regression Testing
2 7 (29.17%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Client Onboarding
4 4 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (16.67%) CRM
4 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 4 (16.67%) Data Privacy
4 4 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
4 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 3 (12.50%) Database Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) SDLC
5 3 (12.50%) Software Delivery
6 2 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Zoho
3 2 (8.33%) AVEVA
3 2 (8.33%) Rockwell
3 2 (8.33%) Siemens