Software Tester Jobs in Bristol

Software Tester
South West > Bristol

The median Software Tester salary in Bristol is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 - 156
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 0 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.16% - 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £37,875 - £31,500
25th Percentile £38,438 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile £43,438 - £53,750
90th Percentile £43,625 - £57,500
South West median annual salary £41,250 £32,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year +26.92% -21.21% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,192 3,009 2,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 97.00% 92.76%
Number of salaries quoted 813 2,251 1,526
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £73,853
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Bristol

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in Bristol

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Python

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

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Ruby
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA