Software Testing Jobs in Berkshire

Software Testing
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 69 65
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +47
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 29 102 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.80% 3.32% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 3.87% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 29 82 67
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% -5.60% +25.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £81,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,496 2,635 2,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.75% 85.80% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 548 1,787 1,608
10th Percentile £29,025 £30,000 £31,675
25th Percentile £38,875 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,250 £75,063
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,790 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.58% -9.09% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Berkshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Berkshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Berkshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Slough -26 15 £67,500 - 3
Reading -12 6 £50,000 -13.79% 15
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (3.45%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.45%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) OLTP
2 2 (6.90%) Metadata
2 2 (6.90%) RDBMS
2 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Bugzilla
1 1 (3.45%) Cypress.io
1 1 (3.45%) Git
1 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Advertising
3 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Senior
2 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 17 (58.62%) Senior Developer
3 15 (51.72%) Oracle Developer
3 15 (51.72%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 13 (44.83%) PL/SQL Developer
4 13 (44.83%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
4 13 (44.83%) Senior SQL Developer
4 13 (44.83%) SQL Developer
5 8 (27.59%) Software Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Junior
7 2 (6.90%) Junior Software Tester
7 2 (6.90%) Junior Tester
7 2 (6.90%) Scientific Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Software Tester
7 2 (6.90%) Tester
8 1 (3.45%) Control Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (51.72%) HTML
1 15 (51.72%) SOAP
1 15 (51.72%) XML
2 1 (3.45%) .NET
2 1 (3.45%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.90%) Acoustics
2 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
1 10 (34.48%) Unix
2 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (34.48%) Computer Science
2 10 (34.48%) Software Engineering
3 8 (27.59%) Mathematics
3 8 (27.59%) Open Source
3 8 (27.59%) Parallel Programming
3 8 (27.59%) Performance Analysis
3 8 (27.59%) Physics
3 8 (27.59%) SDLC
4 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
4 2 (6.90%) Project Management
4 2 (6.90%) Web Application Development
5 1 (3.45%) API Testing
5 1 (3.45%) DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (3.45%) SDET
5 1 (3.45%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.45%) Test Management
5 1 (3.45%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) SQL
2 15 (51.72%) PL/SQL
3 10 (34.48%) Bash
3 10 (34.48%) C
3 10 (34.48%) C++
3 10 (34.48%) Fortran
3 10 (34.48%) Python
4 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 10 (34.48%) Master's Degree
2 10 (34.48%) PhD
3 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) AVEVA
2 1 (3.45%) HP
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Rockwell
2 1 (3.45%) Siemens