Software Testing Jobs in Essex

Software Testing
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 82 75
Rank change year-on-year +25 -7 -12
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 20 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.27% 1.40% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 1.49% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19 9 7
10th Percentile £39,250 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £66,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +100.00% -32.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £53,750
90th Percentile £68,000 - £64,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% -7.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 719 805 908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 81.70% 93.60% 97.32%
Number of salaries quoted 582 370 429
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,587
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,350
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.76% +1.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Essex over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 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
Chelmsford +5 7 £55,000 +69.23% 1
Maldon - 5 £50,000 -
Harwich - 3 £45,000 -
Saffron Walden - 3 £27,500 -
Basildon - 1 £100,000 - 1
Brentwood - 1 £100,000 - 4
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 3 (15.00%) AutoCAD
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Electronics
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Back Office
3 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Lead
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
2 5 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Team Leader
2 5 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Code Quality
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Physics
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (10.00%) Fintech
4 2 (10.00%) SDET
5 1 (5.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C#
1 5 (25.00%) C++
1 5 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (15.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Siemens