Software Testing Jobs in the North East

Software Testing
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 89 84
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 20 19 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.98% 1.56% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.60% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 22
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £29,775
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +6.67% +62.79%
75th Percentile £60,741 £58,750 £61,563
90th Percentile - £58,800 £63,625
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 East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,716 1,185 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 84.41% 97.21% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 595 963
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% +13.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the North East

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the North East

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the North East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the North East

Software Testing
Job Locations in the North East

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 East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear -6 14 £55,000 -1.79% 7
Durham -4 5 £55,000 -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 4 (20.00%) Confluence
2 2 (10.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Git
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (25.00%) Automotive
1 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Electronics
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Senior
2 7 (35.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Developer
4 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) .NET Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Umbraco Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (10.00%) jQuery
2 2 (10.00%) QML
2 2 (10.00%) Qt
2 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (10.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 2 (10.00%) WCF
2 2 (10.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Coaching
2 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) API Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (10.00%) Code Quality
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (10.00%) DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (10.00%) MVC
4 2 (10.00%) OO
4 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) C++
2 5 (25.00%) C
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 5 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft