Software Testing Jobs in Central London

Software Testing
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 169 173
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 -49
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 41 77 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.09% 1.49% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.57% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23 59 104
10th Percentile £36,600 £50,000 £47,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £63,750 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £65,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.07% -6.07%
75th Percentile £78,750 £96,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £104,000 £95,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,473 4,905 7,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 92.17% 94.82% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,689 4,053 6,285
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,565 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.91% +7.14% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Central London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Central London.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Central London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Central London

Software Testing
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
City of London +13 36 £52,500 -31.15% 9
City of Westminster -8 5 - -
West End of London +15 4 £72,500 +11.54%
Kensington and Chelsea +3 1 £87,500 -
Software Testing
London

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Trello
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) AWS
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
2 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 2 (4.88%) ClickUp
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle CX
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) DNS
1 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.76%) MongoDB
2 4 (9.76%) NoSQL
2 4 (9.76%) Redis
3 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.88%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (4.88%) MySQL
4 2 (4.88%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.44%) Power BI
5 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (21.95%) Selenium
2 7 (17.07%) JUnit
3 4 (9.76%) Cypress.io
3 4 (9.76%) Git
3 4 (9.76%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.76%) JIRA
3 4 (9.76%) WebDriver
4 3 (7.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (4.88%) SoapUI
5 2 (4.88%) SpecFlow
6 1 (2.44%) Appium
6 1 (2.44%) Calabash
6 1 (2.44%) CircleCI
6 1 (2.44%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.44%) Postman
6 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (2.44%) TestRail
6 1 (2.44%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (2.44%) Zephyr
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Billing
4 3 (7.32%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Advertising
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Lead
2 5 (12.20%) Senior
2 5 (12.20%) Tester
3 4 (9.76%) Full Stack Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) C# Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Developer
4 3 (7.32%) Junior
4 3 (7.32%) Python Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Software Tester
5 2 (4.88%) Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Consultant
5 2 (4.88%) QA Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Software Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Software Development Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) JSON
1 7 (17.07%) React
2 5 (12.20%) .NET
3 4 (9.76%) Next.js
3 4 (9.76%) Node.js
3 4 (9.76%) Prisma
3 4 (9.76%) REST
3 4 (9.76%) Web Services
4 3 (7.32%) .NET Core
4 3 (7.32%) AngularJS
4 3 (7.32%) Apache Thrift
4 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET
4 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (7.32%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (7.32%) CSS
4 3 (7.32%) CSS3
4 3 (7.32%) HTML
4 3 (7.32%) HTML5
4 3 (7.32%) RESTful
5 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.32%) Robotics
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) PropTech
4 1 (2.44%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Debian
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Agile
2 18 (43.90%) Test Automation
3 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (31.71%) SDET
5 12 (29.27%) Test Planning
6 11 (26.83%) Test Strategy
6 11 (26.83%) Unit Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (17.07%) OO
8 6 (14.63%) Clean Code
8 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
8 6 (14.63%) Full Stack Development
8 6 (14.63%) Project Management
9 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
10 4 (9.76%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (9.76%) CRM
10 4 (9.76%) DevOps
10 4 (9.76%) Manual Testing
10 4 (9.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) Java
2 11 (26.83%) SQL
3 7 (17.07%) C#
3 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
3 7 (17.07%) Python
3 7 (17.07%) TypeScript
4 2 (4.88%) C++
5 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
5 1 (2.44%) PHP
5 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) ISEB
3 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) Google
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) SAP