Software Testing
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 42 | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +14 | +24 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Testing | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 3.13% | 1.81% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 3.98% | 1.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41,250 | £33,689 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £45,000 | £38,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £52,500 | £43,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.69% | +2.35% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £70,000 | £46,998 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56,219 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £43,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +20.69% | +1.75% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 170 | 528 | 536 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 90.43% | 78.69% | 97.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 123 | 472 | 385 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,821 | £31,250 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,063 | £37,688 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,398 | £50,685 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.41% | -3.46% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66,750 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £78,750 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £50,111 | £47,500 | £45,496 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.50% | +4.41% | -9.01% |
Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Software Testing
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cardiff.