Functional Testing Jobs in the North of England

Functional Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 361 295
Rank change year-on-year -10 -66 +10
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 41 62 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.39% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.41% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 34 89
10th Percentile £23,800 £42,500 £35,823
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +33.72% -4.44%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,125 £82,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Functional 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,081 15,203 17,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.10% 96.75% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,841 7,774 10,691
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,225 £81,500 £80,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the North of England

Functional Testing
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West -21 25 £47,500 -17.39% 11
Yorkshire +48 15 £50,000 -32.20% 2
North East -22 1 - - 1
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (2.44%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Contentful
3 1 (2.44%) BigCommerce
3 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Ethernet
1 4 (9.76%) RS-232
1 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
1 4 (9.76%) Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) JMeter
1 8 (19.51%) LoadRunner
2 7 (17.07%) Selenium
3 5 (12.20%) Git
3 5 (12.20%) HP UFT
3 5 (12.20%) MSTest
3 5 (12.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (9.76%) Subversion
5 3 (7.32%) Postman
6 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
6 2 (4.88%) IntelliJ
7 1 (2.44%) Bugzilla
7 1 (2.44%) Grunt
7 1 (2.44%) gulp
7 1 (2.44%) JIRA
7 1 (2.44%) REST Assured
7 1 (2.44%) SpecFlow
7 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.44%) Law
4 1 (2.44%) Marketing
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Developer
2 12 (29.27%) Senior
3 10 (24.39%) .NET Developer
4 9 (21.95%) Analyst
5 8 (19.51%) Test Analyst
6 7 (17.07%) Senior .NET Developer
6 7 (17.07%) Senior Developer
7 6 (14.63%) Test Engineer
8 5 (12.20%) Lead
9 4 (9.76%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (9.76%) Functional Test Analyst
9 4 (9.76%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (9.76%) Software Engineer
9 4 (9.76%) Test Leader
10 3 (7.32%) Performance Test Leader
10 3 (7.32%) Software Developer
10 3 (7.32%) Tester
11 2 (4.88%) QA Engineer
11 2 (4.88%) Software Tester
11 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (43.90%) .NET
2 11 (26.83%) Web Services
3 8 (19.51%) Kafka
3 8 (19.51%) MSMQ
3 8 (19.51%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (17.07%) ASP.NET Web API
4 7 (17.07%) WCF
5 4 (9.76%) WinForms
6 3 (7.32%) .NET Core
6 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET
6 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (4.88%) REST
8 1 (2.44%) CSS
8 1 (2.44%) HTML
8 1 (2.44%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Video\Live Streaming
2 4 (9.76%) CCTV
3 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 3 (7.32%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) FMCG
4 1 (2.44%) PMI
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Agile
2 19 (46.34%) Software Testing
3 16 (39.02%) Test Automation
4 14 (34.15%) Scrum
5 11 (26.83%) Kanban
5 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (24.39%) Clean Code
6 10 (24.39%) Defect Management
6 10 (24.39%) Design Patterns
6 10 (24.39%) OOP
6 10 (24.39%) TDD
7 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
7 9 (21.95%) Non-Functional Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Performance Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Test Scripting
9 7 (17.07%) Performance Optimisation
9 7 (17.07%) Regression Testing
9 7 (17.07%) Software Engineering
9 7 (17.07%) Test Strategy
10 5 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (53.66%) C#
2 3 (7.32%) Java
2 3 (7.32%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (12.20%) ISTQB
2 5 (12.20%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 4 (9.76%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) HP