Software Testing Jobs in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 61 49
Rank change year-on-year -37 -12 +21
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 14 67 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.84% 4.14% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 4.35% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13 28 29
10th Percentile - £23,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -48.15% +17.39%
75th Percentile £55,109 £44,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £57,059 £54,125 -
South East median annual salary £48,000 £50,975 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.84% +1.95% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,357 1,541 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 81.31% 95.24% 93.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,106 803 905
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,995 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.01% -9.09% +10.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £73,125 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Bicester - 5 £40,000 - 1
Oxford -23 2 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 5 (35.71%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) GitHub
1 5 (35.71%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Development Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Software Development Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Test Development Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) QA Test Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Software QA Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) EDI
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Life Science
2 4 (28.57%) Device Driver
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (7.14%) Animation
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Software Engineering
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (64.29%) Open Source
3 9 (64.29%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (50.00%) Agile
5 6 (42.86%) Test Automation
6 5 (35.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (35.71%) Coaching
6 5 (35.71%) Containerisation
6 5 (35.71%) Full Stack Development
6 5 (35.71%) Mentoring
6 5 (35.71%) SDET
6 5 (35.71%) Workflow
7 4 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (28.57%) OO
7 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (28.57%) Software Architecture
8 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
9 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
9 2 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) Python
2 6 (42.86%) Java
3 5 (35.71%) Bash
3 5 (35.71%) Ruby
4 4 (28.57%) C++
5 1 (7.14%) C#
5 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) Software Quality Assurance