Software Testing Job Trends in the East of England

Software Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 100 103
Rank change year-on-year -33 +3 -54
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 23 83 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.55% 2.35% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 2.69% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 19 36 33
10th Percentile £35,500 £43,750 £34,170
25th Percentile £39,000 £53,006 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £69,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,110 3,086 2,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.01% 87.32% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,193 1,566
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in the East of England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +1 11 £48,000 -16.52% 22
Cambridgeshire -9 6 £60,000 -14.29% 17
Suffolk -18 5 £45,000 +20.00% 12
Bedfordshire +30 1 - - 10
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) LAN
1 4 (17.39%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.35%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.35%) Cognos Connection
2 1 (4.35%) Cognos Event Studio
2 1 (4.35%) Cognos Framework Manager
2 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.35%) Metadata
2 1 (4.35%) OLAP
2 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Jenkins
1 3 (13.04%) Selenium
2 2 (8.70%) Git
2 2 (8.70%) JMeter
2 2 (8.70%) Postman
3 1 (4.35%) GitLab
3 1 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (4.35%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
2 4 (17.39%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Advertising
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Retail
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Test Automation Engineer
1 8 (34.78%) Test Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Software Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Lead
3 3 (13.04%) Project Leader
3 3 (13.04%) Software Project Leader
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.35%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Cognos Developer
5 1 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (4.35%) Report Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) REST
1 2 (8.70%) RESTful
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
2 1 (4.35%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) jQuery
2 1 (4.35%) MDX
2 1 (4.35%) Node.js
2 1 (4.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) CCTV
1 4 (17.39%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) FPGA
2 1 (4.35%) IoT
2 1 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
2 8 (34.78%) Manual Testing
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
4 2 (8.70%) API Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
4 2 (8.70%) Exploratory Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) SDET
4 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.35%) Physics
5 1 (4.35%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.35%) Product Management
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.35%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
4 1 (4.35%) C
4 1 (4.35%) C++
4 1 (4.35%) Java
4 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
1 2 (8.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Altera
1 1 (4.35%) Cognos
1 1 (4.35%) IBM
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft