Software Testing
Dorset > Dorchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorchester requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | - | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +4 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Testing | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Dorchester | 2.50% | - | 12.90% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.35% | - | 15.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Dorset median annual salary | £32,500 | £40,750 | £33,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.25% | +22.56% | -44.58% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorchester
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 Dorchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 23 | 27 | 26 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorchester | 57.50% | 79.41% | 83.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £45,000 | £28,350 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,707 | £45,625 | £30,425 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £50,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,250 | £53,000 | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,000 | £53,750 | £55,440 |
| Dorset median annual salary | £37,500 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | - | +5.26% |
Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorchester.
Software Testing
Salary Trend in Dorchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorchester citing Software Testing.
