Software Tester Jobs in London

Software Tester
England > London

The median Software Tester salary in London is £44,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 512 834
Rank change year-on-year +25 +322 -248
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 14 115 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.059% 0.33% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.34% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 24
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £47,375 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £50,000 £77,050 £53,375
England median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,259 33,394 64,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.02% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,752 24,563 34,933
10th Percentile £38,138 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in London

Software Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in London

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Software Tester in London

Software Tester
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Central London +47 3 - -
Software Tester
England

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 London region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Software Testing
2 12 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 10 (71.43%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) C#
5 6 (42.86%) API Testing
6 5 (35.71%) SpecFlow
7 4 (28.57%) RESTful
7 4 (28.57%) Playwright
7 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 4 (28.57%) Scrum
7 4 (28.57%) JIRA
8 3 (21.43%) Selenium
8 3 (21.43%) Web Testing
8 3 (21.43%) Billing
8 3 (21.43%) Finance
8 3 (21.43%) Client/Server
8 3 (21.43%) DevOps
8 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (21.43%) JSON
8 3 (21.43%) SaaS
8 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
9 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 2 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
9 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (14.29%) Azure
9 2 (14.29%) System Testing
9 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
9 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification

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

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) SpecFlow
2 4 (28.57%) JIRA
3 3 (21.43%) Selenium
4 1 (7.14%) NeoLoad
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Billing
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Playwright
1 4 (28.57%) RESTful
2 3 (21.43%) JSON
3 2 (14.29%) CSS
3 2 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (7.14%) .NET
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
4 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Client/Server
2 2 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Software Testing
2 12 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 10 (71.43%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) API Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Scrum
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) Web Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
7 2 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (14.29%) System Testing
7 2 (14.29%) TDD
7 2 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform