Software Tester Jobs in Yorkshire

Software Tester
England > Yorkshire

The median Software Tester salary in Yorkshire is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 219 281
Rank change year-on-year +11 +62 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 5 90 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.087% 1.09% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 1.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile £28,500 - £25,000
25th Percentile - £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £61,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.82% +52.50% +19.18%
75th Percentile £38,750 £67,500 -
90th Percentile £39,500 £68,250 £41,125
England median annual salary £37,500 £44,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.73% +11.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 5,497 7,557 6,922
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 91.25% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,233 3,566 4,688
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £54,882 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +9.76% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Yorkshire

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in Yorkshire

Software Tester
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 Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +69 4 £33,750 +3.85% 1
East Yorkshire - 1 £30,000 - 1
Software Tester
England

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) NHS
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) JIRA
5 1 (20.00%) Android
5 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (20.00%) API Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) API Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft