Software Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 74 121
Rank change year-on-year -108 +47 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,586 4,420 4,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 4.22% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 4.42% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 1,412 2,078
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,329 £50,000 £45,950
% change year-on-year -1.34% +8.81% +2.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -113 1,331 £52,500 -4.55% 461
UK excluding London -111 1,185 £49,329 -1.34% 424
Work from Home -6 625 £55,000 -4.35% 147
South East -49 308 £48,000 -8.57% 104
London -106 301 £72,500 +7.41% 71
North of England -104 273 £55,000 +10.00% 103
Midlands -135 168 £45,000 -2.70% 60
North West -114 153 £55,000 +10.00% 76
South West -73 138 £50,000 +11.11% 52
East of England -62 132 £55,000 -15.38% 71
West Midlands -102 126 £45,000 -5.26% 38
Scotland -115 119 £45,000 -1.96% 31
Yorkshire -55 100 £55,000 +10.00% 23
East Midlands -109 42 £49,329 +17.45% 22
Wales +29 39 £47,500 +2.79% 8
North East -5 20 £55,000 -1.79% 4
Northern Ireland +6 8 £37,500 -42.31% 5

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 52 (3.28%) Confluence
2 37 (2.33%) IIS
3 22 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.07%) Apache
6 9 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.44%) WinCC
8 6 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.25%) IBM Notes
9 4 (0.25%) TWiki
10 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.063%) CMS
12 1 (0.063%) JBoss
12 1 (0.063%) Moodle
12 1 (0.063%) nginx
12 1 (0.063%) Totara
12 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.95%) Simulink
3 24 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (1.45%) Stateflow
5 13 (0.82%) AutoCAD
6 10 (0.63%) Revit
7 7 (0.44%) CANalyzer
7 7 (0.44%) Trello
8 6 (0.38%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 8 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.44%) BPCS
3 6 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.13%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.063%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.063%) Postilion
6 1 (0.063%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 310 (19.55%) Azure
2 226 (14.25%) AWS
3 85 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (4.48%) SaaS
5 63 (3.97%) GitHub
6 55 (3.47%) GCP
7 47 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
8 39 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (1.26%) Power Platform
11 19 (1.20%) Serverless
12 16 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 10 (0.63%) Google Play
15 9 (0.57%) BlazeMeter
16 8 (0.50%) Slack
17 7 (0.44%) Entra ID
17 7 (0.44%) IaaS
18 5 (0.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.22%) TCP/IP
2 34 (2.14%) Wireless
3 30 (1.89%) WAN
4 24 (1.51%) Firewall
4 24 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.39%) Internet
6 21 (1.32%) Network Security
7 20 (1.26%) LAN
7 20 (1.26%) RS-485
8 16 (1.01%) 4G
8 16 (1.01%) Ethernet
9 14 (0.88%) MQTT
9 14 (0.88%) RS-232
10 13 (0.82%) 3G
11 11 (0.69%) J1939
12 7 (0.44%) Modbus
13 6 (0.38%) HTTP
13 6 (0.38%) VPN
14 5 (0.32%) Multicast
14 5 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.34%) NoSQL
3 48 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 21 (1.32%) Redis
6 20 (1.26%) DynamoDB
6 20 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (1.01%) Big Data
7 16 (1.01%) MySQL
8 14 (0.88%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.82%) OLTP
10 11 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
10 11 (0.69%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (0.69%) Power BI
11 7 (0.44%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.38%) Flink
13 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 216 (13.62%) JIRA
2 154 (9.71%) Selenium
3 104 (6.56%) Git
4 90 (5.67%) Jenkins
5 72 (4.54%) Cucumber
5 72 (4.54%) Cypress.io
6 64 (4.04%) JUnit
7 63 (3.97%) Postman
8 60 (3.78%) JMeter
8 60 (3.78%) Visual Studio
9 52 (3.28%) GitLab
10 37 (2.33%) WebDriver
11 35 (2.21%) Appium
12 32 (2.02%) Bitbucket
13 29 (1.83%) SoapUI
14 28 (1.77%) LabVIEW
15 23 (1.45%) SpecFlow
16 21 (1.32%) TestNG
17 19 (1.20%) Maven
17 19 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 381 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 238 (15.01%) Analytical Skills
3 188 (11.85%) Finance
4 124 (7.82%) Electronics
5 79 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 67 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
7 59 (3.72%) Manufacturing
8 56 (3.53%) Automotive
9 55 (3.47%) Legal
10 44 (2.77%) Marketing
11 42 (2.65%) Retail
12 36 (2.27%) Law
13 35 (2.21%) Aerospace
14 32 (2.02%) Banking
14 32 (2.02%) Games
15 25 (1.58%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.26%) Military
17 19 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
18 18 (1.13%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 281 (17.72%) Senior
2 258 (16.27%) Developer
3 190 (11.98%) Software Engineer
4 164 (10.34%) Tester
5 152 (9.58%) Analyst
6 142 (8.95%) Test Engineer
7 135 (8.51%) Lead
8 98 (6.18%) Software Tester
9 85 (5.36%) Senior Developer
10 76 (4.79%) QA Engineer
11 75 (4.73%) Software Developer
12 74 (4.67%) Test Analyst
13 67 (4.22%) Systems Engineer
14 61 (3.85%) Software Test Engineer
15 60 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
16 53 (3.34%) .NET Developer
17 49 (3.09%) Embedded Engineer
18 47 (2.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
18 47 (2.96%) Full Stack Developer
19 41 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (11.92%) .NET
2 105 (6.62%) HTML
3 90 (5.67%) Web Services
4 82 (5.17%) REST
5 72 (4.54%) CSS
6 67 (4.22%) React
7 61 (3.85%) Node.js
8 57 (3.59%) RESTful
9 53 (3.34%) JSON
10 45 (2.84%) .NET Framework
11 43 (2.71%) SOAP
12 42 (2.65%) XML
13 40 (2.52%) Playwright
14 36 (2.27%) .NET Core
14 36 (2.27%) Spring
15 32 (2.02%) Spring Boot
16 29 (1.83%) ASP.NET
16 29 (1.83%) Kafka
17 22 (1.39%) GraphQL
18 20 (1.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.74%) Product Ownership
2 89 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (4.41%) Mobile App
4 67 (4.22%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.34%) Algorithms
6 47 (2.96%) IoT
7 34 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 34 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 32 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
9 32 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 32 (2.02%) Video\Live Streaming
10 31 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.64%) Clustering
12 24 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
13 21 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.26%) Cloud Native
15 19 (1.20%) Driving Licence
16 16 (1.01%) Data Structures
17 15 (0.95%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 172 (10.84%) Linux
2 147 (9.27%) Windows
3 36 (2.27%) Android
4 34 (2.14%) Unix
5 20 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.13%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.07%) Windows 10
8 15 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.69%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.63%) Debian
12 8 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
13 6 (0.38%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.32%) Windows Mobile
15 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.19%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.13%) Solaris
17 2 (0.13%) VMS
17 2 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (37.96%) Agile
2 589 (37.14%) Test Automation
3 393 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
4 367 (23.14%) Software Engineering
5 260 (16.39%) DevOps
6 253 (15.95%) CI/CD
7 230 (14.50%) Computer Science
8 173 (10.91%) Mentoring
9 165 (10.40%) Test Strategy
10 154 (9.71%) Regression Testing
11 151 (9.52%) SDLC
11 151 (9.52%) TDD
12 133 (8.39%) Continuous Integration
12 133 (8.39%) Scrum
13 132 (8.32%) Test Scripting
14 131 (8.26%) Functional Testing
15 127 (8.01%) Code Quality
16 113 (7.12%) User Acceptance Testing
17 111 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
18 108 (6.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 310 (19.55%) C#
2 290 (18.28%) Python
3 266 (16.77%) Java
4 264 (16.65%) SQL
5 240 (15.13%) JavaScript
6 162 (10.21%) C
7 91 (5.74%) C++
8 88 (5.55%) TypeScript
9 44 (2.77%) Embedded C
9 44 (2.77%) MATLAB
10 42 (2.65%) Bash
11 36 (2.27%) Go
12 30 (1.89%) PowerShell
13 29 (1.83%) Perl
14 23 (1.45%) Groovy
15 22 (1.39%) Fortran
15 22 (1.39%) VB.NET
16 18 (1.13%) PL/SQL
16 18 (1.13%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.07%) PHP
Qualifications
1 430 (27.11%) Degree
2 222 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 131 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 106 (6.68%) SC Cleared
5 92 (5.80%) ISTQB
6 49 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 32 (2.02%) ISEB
8 28 (1.77%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.51%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.39%) HND
11 21 (1.32%) PhD
12 15 (0.95%) AWS Certification
13 13 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.57%) IIBA
15 7 (0.44%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.44%) HNC
15 7 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.38%) CSPO
17 5 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
17 5 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (21.19%) QA
2 58 (3.66%) Accessibility
3 56 (3.53%) GDPR
4 28 (1.77%) WCAG
5 25 (1.58%) MISRA
6 15 (0.95%) ISO 26262
6 15 (0.95%) SLA
7 14 (0.88%) ISO 9001
8 12 (0.76%) Automotive SPICE
8 12 (0.76%) AUTOSAR
9 9 (0.57%) ITGC
10 8 (0.50%) PSD2
11 7 (0.44%) DO-254
11 7 (0.44%) IEC 61508
11 7 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 6 (0.38%) Def Stans
12 6 (0.38%) ISO 13485
13 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 5 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
14 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 96 (6.05%) Docker
2 75 (4.73%) Firmware
3 26 (1.64%) VMware NSX
4 22 (1.39%) Active Directory
5 19 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.25%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.063%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 83 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.84%) Terraform
3 19 (1.20%) SCCM
4 17 (1.07%) Ansible
5 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 13 (0.82%) Puppet
6 11 (0.69%) Salt
7 8 (0.50%) Grafana
8 7 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (0.38%) Kibana
10 5 (0.32%) Functional Safety
10 5 (0.32%) Wonderware InTouch
11 3 (0.19%) Consul
12 1 (0.063%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.063%) Packer
12 1 (0.063%) TeamSite
12 1 (0.063%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 244 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.03%) Oracle
3 47 (2.96%) Google
4 43 (2.71%) IBM
5 42 (2.65%) VMware
6 21 (1.32%) SAP
7 20 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.13%) HP
8 18 (1.13%) Lauterbach
9 17 (1.07%) Salesforce
10 14 (0.88%) Adobe
11 12 (0.76%) Charles River
12 11 (0.69%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.69%) Rockwell
13 10 (0.63%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.63%) Citrix
13 10 (0.63%) Siemens
13 10 (0.63%) Splunk
14 9 (0.57%) TOWER Software
15 8 (0.50%) Sage