Software Testing Jobs in the North of England

Software Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 78 121
Rank change year-on-year -74 +43 -25
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 312 714 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.61% 4.48% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 4.63% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 218 151 253
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +2.04% +22.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,629 15,405 17,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.87% 96.77% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,634 7,773 10,742
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,099 £40,000 £38,434
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 £79,600 £81,250 £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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the North of England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the North of England

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the North of England

Software 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 Software Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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 -84 181 £55,000 +10.00% 39
Yorkshire -26 111 £55,000 +10.00% 15
North East -16 20 £55,000 -1.79% 8
Software Testing
England

Software 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 13 (4.17%) Confluence
2 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) IIS
3 3 (0.96%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.64%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) BPCS
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (23.08%) Azure
2 65 (20.83%) AWS
3 14 (4.49%) GCP
4 13 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (4.17%) SaaS
5 10 (3.21%) Google Play
5 10 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.56%) GitHub
7 7 (2.24%) Slack
8 4 (1.28%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.64%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.64%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.64%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.32%) Boomi
11 1 (0.32%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.37%) Wireless
2 22 (7.05%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (4.17%) 3G
3 13 (4.17%) 4G
3 13 (4.17%) Internet
3 13 (4.17%) MQTT
3 13 (4.17%) RS-485
4 5 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.28%) Firewall
5 4 (1.28%) LAN
5 4 (1.28%) RS-232
6 2 (0.64%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.32%) Multicast
7 1 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.73%) Geospatial Data
2 14 (4.49%) NoSQL
3 12 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.88%) MySQL
5 7 (2.24%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.28%) Big Data
8 2 (0.64%) Power BI
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (12.18%) Git
2 33 (10.58%) Selenium
3 25 (8.01%) JIRA
4 18 (5.77%) Appium
4 18 (5.77%) Postman
5 16 (5.13%) JUnit
6 14 (4.49%) Visual Studio
7 11 (3.53%) Cypress.io
8 10 (3.21%) Cucumber
9 9 (2.88%) Jenkins
10 8 (2.56%) GitLab
10 8 (2.56%) JMeter
11 7 (2.24%) CircleCI
11 7 (2.24%) IntelliJ
12 6 (1.92%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.92%) Jasmine
12 6 (1.92%) LoadRunner
12 6 (1.92%) Subversion
13 5 (1.60%) Android Studio
13 5 (1.60%) MSTest
General
1 73 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 42 (13.46%) Finance
3 34 (10.90%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.77%) Legal
5 17 (5.45%) Electronics
6 15 (4.81%) Retail
7 14 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (3.85%) Mandarin Language
10 10 (3.21%) Automotive
11 8 (2.56%) Banking
12 7 (2.24%) Marketing
13 5 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.28%) Back Office
14 4 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.64%) Law
15 2 (0.64%) Military
15 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.32%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 80 (25.64%) Developer
2 65 (20.83%) Senior
3 49 (15.71%) Software Engineer
4 30 (9.62%) .NET Developer
5 27 (8.65%) Embedded Engineer
5 27 (8.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 24 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 23 (7.37%) Architect
7 23 (7.37%) Lead
7 23 (7.37%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 21 (6.73%) Geospatial Architect
8 21 (6.73%) Software Architect
8 21 (6.73%) Software Tester
8 21 (6.73%) Tester
9 20 (6.41%) Backend Developer
10 19 (6.09%) Analyst
11 16 (5.13%) Software Developer
11 16 (5.13%) Test Engineer
12 11 (3.53%) QA Engineer
12 11 (3.53%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (15.06%) .NET
2 26 (8.33%) REST
3 20 (6.41%) JSON
4 18 (5.77%) Web Services
5 16 (5.13%) .NET Framework
5 16 (5.13%) RESTful
6 10 (3.21%) Android SDK
6 10 (3.21%) Gherkin
7 9 (2.88%) HTML
7 9 (2.88%) Kafka
7 9 (2.88%) MSMQ
7 9 (2.88%) Playwright
7 9 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
7 9 (2.88%) React Native
8 7 (2.24%) .NET Core
8 7 (2.24%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (2.24%) GraphQL
8 7 (2.24%) SOAP
8 7 (2.24%) WCF
9 6 (1.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
2 19 (6.09%) Video\Live Streaming
3 18 (5.77%) Mobile App
4 17 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.49%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.24%) iSeries
7 7 (2.24%) NHS
8 6 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.28%) Smart Energy
10 3 (0.96%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.64%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.64%) IoT
11 2 (0.64%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.32%) CCTV
12 1 (0.32%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.32%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.54%) Linux
2 18 (5.77%) Android
2 18 (5.77%) Windows
3 15 (4.81%) Embedded Linux
4 9 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.92%) Unix
6 4 (1.28%) Debian
6 4 (1.28%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.96%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.96%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.64%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (47.44%) Agile
2 94 (30.13%) Test Automation
3 80 (25.64%) Software Engineering
4 73 (23.40%) DevOps
5 57 (18.27%) Mentoring
6 48 (15.38%) Coaching
7 44 (14.10%) Computer Science
8 42 (13.46%) CI/CD
9 34 (10.90%) Design Patterns
9 34 (10.90%) SDLC
10 32 (10.26%) TDD
11 30 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (9.62%) Scrum
12 28 (8.97%) Code Quality
12 28 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (8.65%) Clean Code
14 25 (8.01%) Roadmaps
15 23 (7.37%) Migration
15 23 (7.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 22 (7.05%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.63%) C#
2 51 (16.35%) SQL
3 48 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 33 (10.58%) C
4 33 (10.58%) Java
5 24 (7.69%) C++
6 20 (6.41%) TypeScript
7 18 (5.77%) Python
8 10 (3.21%) Kotlin
9 7 (2.24%) RPG
9 7 (2.24%) RPG IV
10 6 (1.92%) Go
10 6 (1.92%) VB.NET
11 4 (1.28%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.28%) Groovy
11 4 (1.28%) R
12 2 (0.64%) PHP
12 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.64%) Ruby
13 1 (0.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 60 (19.23%) Degree
2 22 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.81%) ISTQB
4 12 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.24%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.60%) PhD
8 4 (1.28%) CIPD
9 2 (0.64%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.64%) CISSP
9 2 (0.64%) HND
9 2 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.32%) ISEB
10 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (19.87%) QA
2 25 (8.01%) Accessibility
3 23 (7.37%) WCAG
4 22 (7.05%) GDPR
5 7 (2.24%) PSD2
6 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (3.85%) Firmware
2 8 (2.56%) Docker
3 6 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.28%) VMware Server
5 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) NFS
6 1 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 44 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.37%) Google
3 8 (2.56%) BT
3 8 (2.56%) IBM
4 7 (2.24%) Duck Creek
5 6 (1.92%) VMware
6 5 (1.60%) Splunk
7 4 (1.28%) Adobe
8 3 (0.96%) SAP
8 3 (0.96%) YouTube
9 2 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.64%) Dell
9 2 (0.64%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.64%) Oracle
9 2 (0.64%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.64%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.32%) Atmel
10 1 (0.32%) Brocade
10 1 (0.32%) CA
10 1 (0.32%) Peregrine