Software Testing Jobs in the North West

Software Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 54 97
Rank change year-on-year -80 +43 -7
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 188 435 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.65% 5.97% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 6.25% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 129 76 121
10th Percentile £30,800 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.01% +12.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,625 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +3.70% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,055 6,958 9,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.67% 95.56% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,592 3,852 5,325
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the North West

Software Testing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Manchester -86 99 £57,732 +0.40% 21
Cheshire -25 32 £55,000 -35.29% 9
Merseyside -4 29 £50,000 -6.98% 3
Lancashire -31 26 £50,000 +21.21% 6
Cumbria -13 2 £33,500 +21.82%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (1.60%) IIS
2 2 (1.06%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.06%) Confluence
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.72%) BPCS
2 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.81%) AWS
1 41 (21.81%) Azure
2 12 (6.38%) SaaS
3 10 (5.32%) Google Play
4 8 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.72%) GCP
5 7 (3.72%) GitHub
6 6 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.06%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.53%) Firebase
8 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.32%) Wireless
2 9 (4.79%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.19%) Internet
4 4 (2.13%) LAN
4 4 (2.13%) RS-232
5 3 (1.60%) Firewall
6 2 (1.06%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.53%) Network Security
7 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.45%) Geospatial Data
2 8 (4.26%) MySQL
3 7 (3.72%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.13%) Big Data
5 3 (1.60%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (11.70%) Git
2 17 (9.04%) Appium
2 17 (9.04%) Selenium
3 12 (6.38%) Visual Studio
4 10 (5.32%) Postman
5 9 (4.79%) Cypress.io
5 9 (4.79%) JUnit
6 6 (3.19%) Bitbucket
6 6 (3.19%) Jasmine
6 6 (3.19%) Subversion
7 5 (2.66%) Android Studio
7 5 (2.66%) IntelliJ
7 5 (2.66%) Mockito
8 4 (2.13%) JIRA
8 4 (2.13%) JMeter
8 4 (2.13%) TeamCity
8 4 (2.13%) TestNG
9 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.53%) Moq
9 1 (0.53%) NUnit
General
1 42 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.36%) Finance
3 18 (9.57%) Legal
4 17 (9.04%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.32%) Retail
6 9 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.79%) Electronics
7 8 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.66%) Automotive
8 5 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.13%) Back Office
10 2 (1.06%) Military
11 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 71 (37.77%) Developer
2 35 (18.62%) Senior
3 25 (13.30%) .NET Developer
4 19 (10.11%) Backend Developer
4 19 (10.11%) Senior Developer
4 19 (10.11%) Software Engineer
5 16 (8.51%) Architect
5 16 (8.51%) Software Tester
5 16 (8.51%) Tester
6 14 (7.45%) Geospatial Architect
6 14 (7.45%) Software Architect
6 14 (7.45%) Software Developer
7 11 (5.85%) IT Support
8 10 (5.32%) Android Developer
8 10 (5.32%) Lead
8 10 (5.32%) QA Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) Senior Android Developer
9 9 (4.79%) Analyst
9 9 (4.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 8 (4.26%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (17.55%) .NET
2 20 (10.64%) JSON
3 13 (6.91%) .NET Framework
4 12 (6.38%) Web Services
5 10 (5.32%) Android SDK
5 10 (5.32%) REST
6 9 (4.79%) React Native
7 8 (4.26%) Kafka
7 8 (4.26%) MSMQ
7 8 (4.26%) RabbitMQ
8 7 (3.72%) Playwright
9 6 (3.19%) GraphQL
9 6 (3.19%) Jest
9 6 (3.19%) JWT
9 6 (3.19%) OAuth
9 6 (3.19%) OAuth2
9 6 (3.19%) RESTful
9 6 (3.19%) SOAP
10 5 (2.66%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (2.66%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.57%) Video\Live Streaming
2 14 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (5.85%) Mobile App
4 10 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.72%) iSeries
6 6 (3.19%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.13%) Smart Energy
9 3 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.06%) IoT
10 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.53%) CCTV
11 1 (0.53%) FMCG
11 1 (0.53%) Robotics
11 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.04%) Android
2 13 (6.91%) Linux
3 12 (6.38%) Windows
4 8 (4.26%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.13%) Debian
5 4 (2.13%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.06%) VMS
7 2 (1.06%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (44.68%) Agile
2 44 (23.40%) Test Automation
3 40 (21.28%) Software Engineering
4 39 (20.74%) DevOps
5 32 (17.02%) Design Patterns
6 30 (15.96%) Computer Science
7 29 (15.43%) Mentoring
7 29 (15.43%) SDLC
7 29 (15.43%) TDD
8 26 (13.83%) Clean Code
9 25 (13.30%) CI/CD
10 24 (12.77%) Code Quality
10 24 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (10.64%) Scrum
12 19 (10.11%) OOP
13 18 (9.57%) Coaching
14 16 (8.51%) Migration
15 15 (7.98%) Software Architecture
15 15 (7.98%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.62%) C#
2 32 (17.02%) Java
3 24 (12.77%) SQL
4 23 (12.23%) JavaScript
5 18 (9.57%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.32%) Kotlin
7 9 (4.79%) C
7 9 (4.79%) Python
8 7 (3.72%) RPG
8 7 (3.72%) RPG IV
9 6 (3.19%) Go
9 6 (3.19%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.13%) C++
10 4 (2.13%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.13%) R
11 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.06%) Rust
12 1 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.53%) VB
12 1 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (20.21%) Degree
2 17 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.26%) ISTQB
4 7 (3.72%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.72%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.13%) PhD
5 4 (2.13%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) CISSP
6 2 (1.06%) HND
6 2 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (25.53%) QA
2 10 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.79%) WCAG
4 2 (1.06%) GDPR
4 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.66%) Docker
3 2 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.38%) Google
3 7 (3.72%) BT
3 7 (3.72%) IBM
4 3 (1.60%) YouTube
5 2 (1.06%) Adobe
5 2 (1.06%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.06%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.06%) Oracle
5 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.06%) SonicWALL
5 2 (1.06%) Splunk
5 2 (1.06%) VMware
6 1 (0.53%) Atmel
6 1 (0.53%) Peregrine