Software Testing Jobs in the East of England

Software Testing
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 48 102
Rank change year-on-year -55 +54 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 135 294 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.23% 5.35% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 5.63% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 117 58 61
10th Percentile £27,600 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £90,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.55% +1.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,923 5,224 6,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 81.20% 94.98% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,684 2,250 2,703
10th Percentile £25,809 £27,750 £27,800
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £77,500
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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cambridgeshire +2 55 £55,000 -15.38% 46
Hertfordshire -31 44 £57,500 +13.86% 14
Essex +23 20 £50,000 -41.18% 12
Suffolk -5 8 £27,500 - 4
Bedfordshire -22 7 £36,250 -34.09%
Norfolk -33 1 £32,500 - 2
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.22%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.22%) Simulink
2 2 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.15%) Azure
2 10 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.22%) AWS
4 2 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (1.48%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (18.52%) TCP/IP
2 8 (5.93%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.22%) Firewall
3 3 (2.22%) Modbus
3 3 (2.22%) RS-232
3 3 (2.22%) RS-422
3 3 (2.22%) RS-485
4 2 (1.48%) Internet
4 2 (1.48%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.74%) 4G
5 1 (0.74%) 5G
5 1 (0.74%) ATM
5 1 (0.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.74%) Network Security
5 1 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (8.89%) LabVIEW
2 5 (3.70%) Appium
2 5 (3.70%) JIRA
3 4 (2.96%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.22%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (2.22%) Rational Team Concert
4 3 (2.22%) UI Automator
5 2 (1.48%) Git
5 2 (1.48%) Selenium
5 2 (1.48%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.74%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.74%) JMeter
6 1 (0.74%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.74%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.74%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.74%) TestDirector
General
1 53 (39.26%) Electronics
2 39 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (11.85%) Social Skills
4 8 (5.93%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.19%) Military
6 3 (2.22%) Finance
7 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.48%) Back Office
7 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.48%) Publishing
7 2 (1.48%) Retail
8 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.74%) Legal
8 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 30 (22.22%) Hardware Engineer
1 30 (22.22%) Senior
2 25 (18.52%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 23 (17.04%) RF Engineer
3 23 (17.04%) Senior RF Engineer
4 22 (16.30%) Software Engineer
5 16 (11.85%) Lead
5 16 (11.85%) Test Engineer
6 15 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
6 15 (11.11%) Software Tester
6 15 (11.11%) Tester
7 10 (7.41%) Developer
7 10 (7.41%) Team Leader
8 7 (5.19%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (5.19%) IT Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) IT Support
8 7 (5.19%) Junior
8 7 (5.19%) Junior Software Tester
8 7 (5.19%) Junior Tester
8 7 (5.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) Qt
2 2 (1.48%) .NET
2 2 (1.48%) MSMQ
2 2 (1.48%) NumPy
2 2 (1.48%) Pandas
2 2 (1.48%) Playwright
2 2 (1.48%) SciPy
3 1 (0.74%) CSS
3 1 (0.74%) Django
3 1 (0.74%) Flask
3 1 (0.74%) HTML
3 1 (0.74%) HTML5
3 1 (0.74%) LLVM
3 1 (0.74%) React
3 1 (0.74%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.52%) IoT
2 11 (8.15%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.19%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.70%) Analogue Electronics
4 5 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.70%) Robotics
5 4 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.22%) ASTM
6 3 (2.22%) PCIe
7 2 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.74%) BBC
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.74%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.78%) Windows
2 9 (6.67%) Linux
3 6 (4.44%) Android
4 5 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.63%) Software Engineering
2 31 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (22.96%) Test Automation
3 25 (18.52%) CAD
4 22 (16.30%) Agile
5 20 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 15 (11.11%) Validation
7 14 (10.37%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (9.63%) Project Management
9 12 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (8.89%) DevOps
10 9 (6.67%) Customer Service
10 9 (6.67%) SDLC
11 8 (5.93%) End-to-End Testing
11 8 (5.93%) Integration Testing
11 8 (5.93%) Test Scripting
12 7 (5.19%) Code Quality
12 7 (5.19%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (5.19%) Software Deployment
12 7 (5.19%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.81%) C#
2 18 (13.33%) C
3 16 (11.85%) Python
4 9 (6.67%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.93%) Ada
5 8 (5.93%) MATLAB
6 6 (4.44%) C++
7 3 (2.22%) Java
8 2 (1.48%) Bash
8 2 (1.48%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.48%) PHP
8 2 (1.48%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.74%) Rust
9 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (42.22%) Degree
2 21 (15.56%) Security Cleared
3 16 (11.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.48%) HNC
6 2 (1.48%) HND
6 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.48%) PhD
7 1 (0.74%) ISEB
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) QA
2 3 (2.22%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.22%) MISRA
3 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.74%) NIST
3 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (8.15%) Firmware
2 7 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.74%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (5.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.96%) IBM
3 3 (2.22%) Siemens
3 3 (2.22%) VMware
4 1 (0.74%) HP
4 1 (0.74%) MuleSoft