System Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 556 524
Rank change year-on-year -42 -32 +43
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 159 205 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.34% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.36% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 111 116 188
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,167 £38,625 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,065 £52,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.34% +8.90% +12.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,125 £84,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

System 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +18 68 £56,750 +3.18% 21
Midlands -27 29 £43,250 +9.49% 20
North of England +23 24 £42,500 -15.00% 10
West Midlands -2 21 £55,000 - 13
North West +13 18 £40,144 -25.31% 7
Scotland -53 18 £38,500 -3.75% 4
South West -40 15 £57,500 -14.81% 21
East Midlands -19 8 £42,500 +13.33% 7
Yorkshire +63 6 £47,500 +26.67% 2
East of England +14 5 £65,000 +6.12% 6
System Testing
UK

System Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.55%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.63%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Simulink
2 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.26%) SAP MII
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.63%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.63%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.55%) SaaS
2 10 (6.29%) Azure
3 9 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.77%) AWS
5 5 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.14%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.52%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.52%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.26%) GitHub
7 2 (1.26%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.63%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.26%) DNS
1 2 (1.26%) Internet
1 2 (1.26%) Network Security
1 2 (1.26%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.26%) Wireless
1 2 (1.26%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.63%) Modbus
2 1 (0.63%) MQTT
2 1 (0.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.32%) SQL Server
2 15 (9.43%) MySQL
3 13 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (7.55%) GIS
4 12 (7.55%) Relational Database
5 10 (6.29%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (6.29%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.77%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.77%) Redis
7 5 (3.14%) Power BI
8 4 (2.52%) Electronic Patient Records
9 3 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.63%) DTS
10 1 (0.63%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (14.47%) Ant
2 9 (5.66%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.14%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.89%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.63%) JIRA
5 1 (0.63%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.63%) Postman
5 1 (0.63%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (47.80%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.32%) Finance
4 11 (6.92%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.66%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.40%) Military
7 5 (3.14%) Marketing
7 5 (3.14%) Retail
8 4 (2.52%) Aviation
8 4 (2.52%) Electronics
8 4 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.26%) Automotive
9 2 (1.26%) Billing
9 2 (1.26%) Legal
9 2 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 54 (33.96%) Developer
2 28 (17.61%) Software Engineer
3 23 (14.47%) C++ Developer
4 19 (11.95%) Software Developer
5 15 (9.43%) Analyst
6 14 (8.81%) Embedded Developer
6 14 (8.81%) Embedded Software Developer
7 13 (8.18%) Tester
8 10 (6.29%) Software Tester
9 8 (5.03%) Consultant
9 8 (5.03%) Test Analyst
10 7 (4.40%) Architect
11 6 (3.77%) Research Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Research Software Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Test Manager
12 5 (3.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 5 (3.14%) Senior
12 5 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.14%) Test Engineer
13 4 (2.52%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.98%) Hibernate
2 23 (14.47%) .NET
3 13 (8.18%) .NET Core
4 11 (6.92%) AngularJS
4 11 (6.92%) XML
5 9 (5.66%) HTML
6 8 (5.03%) CSS
7 7 (4.40%) .NET Framework
7 7 (4.40%) ASP.NET
8 6 (3.77%) Blazor
8 6 (3.77%) HTML5
8 6 (3.77%) JSON
8 6 (3.77%) Node.js
8 6 (3.77%) PostGIS
8 6 (3.77%) React
8 6 (3.77%) RESTful
8 6 (3.77%) Svelte
8 6 (3.77%) Vue
9 5 (3.14%) GeoJSON
10 4 (2.52%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.66%) NHS
2 5 (3.14%) SCADA
2 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.26%) BYOD
5 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.26%) FMCG
5 2 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.63%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.63%) IoT
6 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 50 (31.45%) Linux
2 47 (29.56%) Windows
3 17 (10.69%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (57.86%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (32.70%) Test Automation
3 43 (27.04%) Software Engineering
4 29 (18.24%) Software Testing
5 27 (16.98%) User Acceptance Testing
6 26 (16.35%) Code Quality
7 25 (15.72%) Actionable Insight
8 23 (14.47%) DevOps
8 23 (14.47%) Multithreading
9 19 (11.95%) Continuous Integration
10 18 (11.32%) Agile
10 18 (11.32%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (10.69%) Migration
12 16 (10.06%) Computer Science
12 16 (10.06%) Project Management
13 15 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (9.43%) Manual Testing
14 14 (8.81%) Embedded Software Development
14 14 (8.81%) Machine Learning
14 14 (8.81%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 53 (33.33%) Java
2 45 (28.30%) C++
3 38 (23.90%) C#
4 36 (22.64%) Python
5 34 (21.38%) JavaScript
5 34 (21.38%) SQL
6 21 (13.21%) C
7 8 (5.03%) VB
8 7 (4.40%) Ada
9 5 (3.14%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.89%) Rust
11 2 (1.26%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.26%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.63%) PHP
12 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (35.85%) Security Cleared
2 36 (22.64%) SC Cleared
3 32 (20.13%) Degree
4 15 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (8.81%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.89%) HND
8 1 (0.63%) CBAP
8 1 (0.63%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.63%) HNC
8 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.58%) QA
2 3 (1.89%) Def Stans
2 3 (1.89%) MISRA
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.63%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (10.69%) Oracle
2 14 (8.81%) Xilinx
3 11 (6.92%) Microsoft
4 9 (5.66%) Salesforce
5 8 (5.03%) SAP
6 6 (3.77%) ESRI
7 3 (1.89%) AVEVA
8 2 (1.26%) Jaspersoft
8 2 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.63%) Agilent
9 1 (0.63%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.63%) Ariba
9 1 (0.63%) Concur
9 1 (0.63%) Denodo
9 1 (0.63%) HP
9 1 (0.63%) Rockwell
9 1 (0.63%) Siemens
9 1 (0.63%) Talend