Software Testing Job Trends in Colchester

Software Testing
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 0.59% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median annual salary £30,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -47.83% +15.00% -41.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 23 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 77.06% 92.00% 78.05%
Number of salaries quoted 53 18 64
10th Percentile £28,400 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £73,750
Essex median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Colchester.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Colchester

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware