Software Tester Job Trends in Cowes

Software Tester
Isle of Wight > Cowes

The median Software Tester salary in Cowes is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cowes 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 - -
75th Percentile £41,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £40,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cowes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cowes. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cowes with a recognized job title 45 7 3
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.83% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 2 3
10th Percentile £39,500 £55,500 £36,350
25th Percentile £40,938 £56,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% +30.49%
75th Percentile £70,750 £58,750 £55,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £59,500 -
Isle of Wight median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +7.83% +7.48% +30.49%

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cowes

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cowes region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cowes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA