Software Testing Jobs in the North West

Software Testing
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 51 115
Rank change year-on-year -94 +64 -27
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 175 464 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.63% 6.29% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 6.59% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 125 75 118
10th Percentile £29,900 £31,250 £33,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £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 £73,750 £60,835
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £72,000
England median annual salary £50,510 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.80% +1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,635 7,040 9,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.63% 95.51% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,406 3,845 5,293
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,800
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% +9.03%
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 2 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 2 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 -89 93 £57,732 +9.97% 21
Merseyside -12 27 £50,000 -6.98% 3
Cheshire -32 27 £55,000 -29.03% 8
Lancashire -34 26 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Cumbria -8 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 (1.71%) IIS
2 2 (1.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.14%) Confluence
2 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.00%) BPCS
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (22.86%) Azure
2 38 (21.71%) AWS
3 10 (5.71%) Google Play
4 9 (5.14%) SaaS
5 8 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.00%) GCP
6 7 (4.00%) GitHub
7 6 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.14%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.57%) Firebase
9 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.71%) Wireless
2 9 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (3.43%) Internet
4 4 (2.29%) LAN
4 4 (2.29%) RS-232
5 2 (1.14%) Firewall
5 2 (1.14%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.57%) Network Security
6 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.00%) Geospatial Data
2 8 (4.57%) MySQL
3 7 (4.00%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.29%) Big Data
5 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (13.14%) Git
2 16 (9.14%) Appium
3 14 (8.00%) Selenium
4 12 (6.86%) Visual Studio
5 9 (5.14%) Cypress.io
5 9 (5.14%) Postman
6 7 (4.00%) JUnit
7 6 (3.43%) Subversion
8 5 (2.86%) Android Studio
8 5 (2.86%) IntelliJ
8 5 (2.86%) Mockito
9 4 (2.29%) Bitbucket
9 4 (2.29%) Jasmine
9 4 (2.29%) JIRA
9 4 (2.29%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.14%) JMeter
10 2 (1.14%) TestNG
11 1 (0.57%) GitLab
11 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.57%) NUnit
General
1 37 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.86%) Finance
3 18 (10.29%) Legal
4 17 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.14%) Electronics
6 8 (4.57%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.57%) Retail
7 5 (2.86%) Automotive
7 5 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.29%) Back Office
9 2 (1.14%) Military
10 1 (0.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (38.86%) Developer
2 36 (20.57%) Senior
3 27 (15.43%) .NET Developer
4 21 (12.00%) Senior Developer
5 18 (10.29%) Software Engineer
6 16 (9.14%) Architect
6 16 (9.14%) Backend Developer
7 15 (8.57%) Software Tester
7 15 (8.57%) Tester
8 14 (8.00%) Geospatial Architect
8 14 (8.00%) Software Architect
8 14 (8.00%) Software Developer
9 11 (6.29%) IT Support
10 10 (5.71%) Android Developer
10 10 (5.71%) Lead
10 10 (5.71%) Senior Android Developer
11 9 (5.14%) Senior .NET Developer
11 9 (5.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 8 (4.57%) Lead Developer
12 8 (4.57%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (20.00%) .NET
2 18 (10.29%) JSON
3 13 (7.43%) .NET Framework
4 12 (6.86%) Web Services
5 10 (5.71%) Android SDK
5 10 (5.71%) REST
6 9 (5.14%) Kafka
6 9 (5.14%) MSMQ
6 9 (5.14%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (4.00%) React Native
7 7 (4.00%) RESTful
7 7 (4.00%) SOAP
8 6 (3.43%) GraphQL
8 6 (3.43%) Playwright
9 5 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (2.86%) WCF
10 4 (2.29%) CSS
10 4 (2.29%) HTML
10 4 (2.29%) OAuth
10 4 (2.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.86%) Video\Live Streaming
2 14 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.14%) Mobile App
5 7 (4.00%) iSeries
6 5 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.29%) Smart Energy
8 3 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) IoT
9 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.57%) CCTV
10 1 (0.57%) FMCG
10 1 (0.57%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.57%) Robotics
10 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.71%) Android
2 12 (6.86%) Linux
2 12 (6.86%) Windows
3 6 (3.43%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.29%) Debian
4 4 (2.29%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.14%) VMS
6 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (46.86%) Agile
2 37 (21.14%) Software Engineering
2 37 (21.14%) Test Automation
3 36 (20.57%) DevOps
4 33 (18.86%) Design Patterns
5 30 (17.14%) Computer Science
6 29 (16.57%) Mentoring
7 27 (15.43%) Clean Code
7 27 (15.43%) TDD
8 25 (14.29%) SDLC
9 23 (13.14%) Code Quality
10 22 (12.57%) CI/CD
10 22 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (12.57%) Scrum
11 20 (11.43%) OOP
12 19 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (10.29%) Coaching
14 16 (9.14%) Migration
15 15 (8.57%) Software Architecture
15 15 (8.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.57%) C#
2 29 (16.57%) Java
3 23 (13.14%) SQL
4 22 (12.57%) JavaScript
5 16 (9.14%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.71%) Kotlin
7 8 (4.57%) C
8 7 (4.00%) Python
8 7 (4.00%) RPG
8 7 (4.00%) RPG IV
9 6 (3.43%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.29%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.29%) Go
10 4 (2.29%) R
11 3 (1.71%) C++
12 2 (1.14%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.14%) Ruby
13 1 (0.57%) Ada
13 1 (0.57%) VB
13 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (21.71%) Degree
2 17 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.00%) AWS Certification
3 7 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 5 (2.86%) ISTQB
5 4 (2.29%) PhD
5 4 (2.29%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) HND
6 2 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.57%) CISSP
7 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (24.57%) QA
2 10 (5.71%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.14%) WCAG
4 2 (1.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (3.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.86%) Docker
3 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.86%) Google
3 7 (4.00%) IBM
4 5 (2.86%) BT
5 3 (1.71%) YouTube
6 2 (1.14%) Adobe
6 2 (1.14%) Oracle
6 2 (1.14%) VMware
7 1 (0.57%) Atmel
7 1 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.57%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.57%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.57%) Splunk