Software Testing Jobs in Bristol

Software Testing
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 67 64
Rank change year-on-year -56 -3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 48 116 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.55% 4.43% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 4.63% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 35 36 96
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,359 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £126,899 £72,500 £64,106
South West median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,725 2,506 3,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 88.16% 95.61% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,047 1,479 2,164
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,528 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,875 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,526 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +12.08% +11.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%

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 7 May 2024.

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 4 (8.33%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 5 (10.42%) GCP
3 4 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.17%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.08%) BrowserStack
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Big Data
1 4 (8.33%) BigQuery
1 4 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (8.33%) Flink
1 4 (8.33%) Hadoop
1 4 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 4 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (20.83%) JIRA
2 9 (18.75%) Git
3 7 (14.58%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (10.42%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (8.33%) Cypress.io
5 4 (8.33%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (6.25%) Selenium
6 3 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (4.17%) Appium
7 2 (4.17%) JMeter
7 2 (4.17%) SpecFlow
8 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
8 1 (2.08%) Gatling
8 1 (2.08%) JBehave
8 1 (2.08%) JUnit
8 1 (2.08%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (2.08%) Postman
8 1 (2.08%) REST Assured
8 1 (2.08%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (2.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (35.42%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Banking
6 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.17%) Legal
7 1 (2.08%) Aviation
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Military
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Developer
1 10 (20.83%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Full Stack Developer
2 7 (14.58%) Full Stack Python Developer
2 7 (14.58%) Python Developer
3 6 (12.50%) Tester
4 4 (8.33%) Head of Engineering
4 4 (8.33%) Penetration Tester
4 4 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Lead
5 3 (6.25%) Senior
6 2 (4.17%) Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.17%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Support
6 2 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) QA Leader
6 2 (4.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) React
1 7 (14.58%) Vue
2 6 (12.50%) .NET
3 4 (8.33%) Apache Beam
4 3 (6.25%) .NET Core
4 3 (6.25%) Kafka
4 3 (6.25%) Playwright
5 2 (4.17%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
6 1 (2.08%) CSS
6 1 (2.08%) HTML
6 1 (2.08%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Algorithms
2 4 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.17%) iPhone
4 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.08%) PMI
4 1 (2.08%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Apple iOS
1 3 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.08%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (60.42%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (41.67%) Agile
3 15 (31.25%) Computer Science
4 13 (27.08%) SysML
4 13 (27.08%) TDD
5 11 (22.92%) Software Engineering
6 10 (20.83%) Systems Engineering
6 10 (20.83%) Test Automation
6 10 (20.83%) Validation
6 10 (20.83%) Web Development
7 8 (16.67%) UML
7 8 (16.67%) User Experience
8 7 (14.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (14.58%) Full Stack Development
9 6 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 6 (12.50%) DevOps
9 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 6 (12.50%) SDLC
10 5 (10.42%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) Python
2 9 (18.75%) C#
2 9 (18.75%) Java
3 5 (10.42%) SQL
4 4 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.33%) Scala
5 3 (6.25%) Go
6 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.08%) Bicep
7 1 (2.08%) C++
7 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (41.67%) Degree
2 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 7 (14.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (10.42%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.08%) HND
6 1 (2.08%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) IEC 61508
1 7 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.08%) AQAP
5 1 (2.08%) DO-254
5 1 (2.08%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Docker
2 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (25.00%) IBM
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.33%) Teradata
4 2 (4.17%) Apple
5 1 (2.08%) Google