Software Testing Jobs in Bristol

Software Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 108 69
Rank change year-on-year +37 -39 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 30 50 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.38% 1.61% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 1.83% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 20 38 37
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £36,587
25th Percentile £45,735 £37,962 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,672 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £105,325 £72,500
South West median annual salary £51,600 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.20% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,197 2,738 2,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 94.92% 88.29% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 789 2,055 1,496
10th Percentile £31,200 £35,000 £34,236
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £58,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -2.01% +11.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,433 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,750 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.16% -3.81% +5.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) AWS
1 4 (13.33%) Azure
1 4 (13.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) BigQuery
2 3 (10.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Git
2 6 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (16.67%) JIRA
4 4 (13.33%) Selenium
4 4 (13.33%) SpecFlow
5 2 (6.67%) Eclipse
5 2 (6.67%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (3.33%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Banking
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.00%) Retail
4 2 (6.67%) Games
4 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) QA Specialist
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Voice Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Junior
4 3 (10.00%) Junior Software Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Project Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Project Leader
4 3 (10.00%) Web Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Software Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Tester
6 1 (3.33%) QA Tester
6 1 (3.33%) Software QA Tester
6 1 (3.33%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) Node.js
2 5 (16.67%) CSS
2 5 (16.67%) HTML
3 4 (13.33%) React
4 3 (10.00%) Kafka
5 2 (6.67%) JSP
5 2 (6.67%) Middleware
6 1 (3.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Robotics
2 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Linux
3 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (56.67%) Test Automation
3 10 (33.33%) Agile
4 9 (30.00%) Analytics
5 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (23.33%) Mathematics
7 6 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 5 (16.67%) Code Quality
8 5 (16.67%) Physics
8 5 (16.67%) Scrum
9 4 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (13.33%) Data Science
9 4 (13.33%) Exploratory Testing
9 4 (13.33%) Intelligent Automation
9 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
9 4 (13.33%) Regression Testing
9 4 (13.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 4 (13.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (60.00%) Python
2 9 (30.00%) Java
3 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
4 6 (20.00%) C++
5 4 (13.33%) TypeScript
6 3 (10.00%) Clojure
6 3 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (6.67%) C#
7 2 (6.67%) Rust
8 1 (3.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) QA
2 3 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Google
2 3 (10.00%) VMware