Software Tester Jobs in Dorset

Software Tester
South West > Dorset

The median Software Tester salary in Dorset is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.21% -2.94% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Dorset with a recognized job title 1,037 610 735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 84.49% 97.74%
Number of salaries quoted 644 383 588
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,400
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% +9.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £73,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Dorset

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Dorset.

Salary trend for Software Tester in Dorset

Software Tester
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Poole - 2 £32,500 -
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB