Software Testing Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 44 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 +19
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 57 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.39% 3.63% 4.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 4.59% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5 51 19
10th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £47,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £92,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% -15.38% +44.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 481 1,241 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 95.82% 79.04% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 304 933 577
10th Percentile £28,575 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,540 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,295 £81,250 £86,750
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cambridge -10 4 £53,000 -3.64% 26
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Selenium
2 4 (57.14%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) QA Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Control Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Integration Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Manual Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) Defect Tracking
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Data Acquisition
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (28.57%) Rockwell
1 2 (28.57%) Siemens
1 2 (28.57%) Wonderware