Test Strategy Jobs in the North West

Test Strategy
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy 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 285 242 196
Rank change year-on-year -43 -46 +48
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 28 48 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.25% 0.66% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.69% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 27 19 34
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,375 £52,500 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,674 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £64,125 £61,875
90th Percentile - £87,500 £66,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £66,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.60% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Test Strategy 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 9,085 6,941 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.65% 95.62% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,603 3,839 5,331
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
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% +7.79%
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%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the North West.

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the North West

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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 Test Strategy within the North West 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
Manchester -16 11 £51,674 -6.05% 13
Cheshire - 9 £62,500 -
Merseyside +9 8 £40,000 -
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) AWS
2 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.71%) Google Ads
3 3 (10.71%) Google Analytics
3 3 (10.71%) SaaS
4 1 (3.57%) Firebase
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Appium
1 3 (10.71%) Git
1 3 (10.71%) Postman
2 2 (7.14%) Cucumber
2 2 (7.14%) Cypress.io
2 2 (7.14%) JUnit
2 2 (7.14%) REST Assured
2 2 (7.14%) Selenium
2 2 (7.14%) SoapUI
2 2 (7.14%) SOAtest
2 2 (7.14%) TestNG
2 2 (7.14%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.57%) GitLab
3 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.57%) Police
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Lead
2 4 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 3 (10.71%) PPC Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Test Leader
3 3 (10.71%) Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Automation Test Lead
4 2 (7.14%) Automation Tester
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.57%) QA Team Leader
5 1 (3.57%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Software Tester
5 1 (3.57%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.57%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) .NET
1 2 (7.14%) Playwright
2 1 (3.57%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Algorithms
2 4 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 4 (14.29%) SCADA
3 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.14%) FMCG
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Mac OS
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Android
2 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Test Automation
2 13 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (39.29%) Test Management
4 10 (35.71%) CI/CD
4 10 (35.71%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 7 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (25.00%) Project Management
7 6 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (21.43%) Budgeting
7 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
7 6 (21.43%) Data Security
7 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
8 5 (17.86%) Agile
8 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
9 4 (14.29%) Line Management
10 3 (10.71%) Budget Management
10 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) C#
2 2 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (3.57%) Python
3 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) SC Cleared
1 9 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) Analytics IQ
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Google
1 3 (10.71%) Kenshoo
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Workday