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 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 143 86
Rank change year-on-year +13 -57 +24
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 86 27 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.02% 0.81% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 0.95% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 69 23 46
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -5.78% -13.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £62,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%

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 5,969 2,853 3,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 70.63% 86.04% 76.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,369 1,552 1,482
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,878 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 October 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 October 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
Cambridgeshire -12 25 £32,500 -45.83% 43
Norfolk - 22 £90,000 - 1
Hertfordshire -20 20 £46,750 +29.86% 14
Essex -13 10 £77,500 +46.23% 8
Bedfordshire - 5 £41,739 - 5
Suffolk +16 4 £45,000 -15.09% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.49%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (1.16%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.33%) Simulink
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.81%) Azure
1 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.49%) GitHub
3 2 (2.33%) Azure Functions
3 2 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (2.33%) Serverless
4 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) SNMP
2 1 (1.16%) DNS
2 1 (1.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) GitLab
1 3 (3.49%) JIRA
1 3 (3.49%) Selenium
2 2 (2.33%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.33%) Git
2 2 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.33%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 34 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 16 (18.60%) Manufacturing
3 15 (17.44%) Electronics
4 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.47%) Automotive
6 7 (8.14%) Aviation
7 6 (6.98%) Advertising
8 5 (5.81%) Aerospace
9 4 (4.65%) Law
10 3 (3.49%) Multimedia
10 3 (3.49%) Publishing
10 3 (3.49%) Retail
11 1 (1.16%) Finance
11 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Swedish Language
11 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (20.93%) Test Engineer
2 17 (19.77%) Software Test Engineer
3 15 (17.44%) Engineering Manager
4 11 (12.79%) Software Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Junior
6 9 (10.47%) Analyst
7 8 (9.30%) Hardware Engineer
8 7 (8.14%) Senior
9 6 (6.98%) IT Support
9 6 (6.98%) Junior Software Test Engineer
9 6 (6.98%) Junior Test Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) IT Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Support Engineer
10 5 (5.81%) Test Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) IT Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Junior Analyst
11 4 (4.65%) Lead
12 3 (3.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) .NET
2 7 (8.14%) HTML
3 6 (6.98%) ASP.NET
4 5 (5.81%) Middleware
5 3 (3.49%) Playwright
6 2 (2.33%) REST
6 2 (2.33%) WPF
7 1 (1.16%) CSS
7 1 (1.16%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.14%) FPGA
2 6 (6.98%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.65%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (3.49%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.49%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.49%) Device Driver
5 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Fat Client
5 3 (3.49%) FMCG
5 3 (3.49%) IoT
5 3 (3.49%) Media Streaming
5 3 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.49%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.16%) Verilog
6 1 (1.16%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.44%) Windows
2 11 (12.79%) Linux
3 8 (9.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (22.09%) Software Engineering
2 19 (22.09%) Validation
3 18 (20.93%) Agile
4 15 (17.44%) Test Automation
5 13 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (12.79%) CI/CD
6 11 (12.79%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (11.63%) DevOps
7 10 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (10.47%) Customer Service
8 9 (10.47%) Integration Testing
9 8 (9.30%) Service Management
10 7 (8.14%) AI
10 7 (8.14%) Unit Testing
11 6 (6.98%) Customer Engagement
11 6 (6.98%) Manual Testing
11 6 (6.98%) Regression Testing
11 6 (6.98%) Test Strategy
12 5 (5.81%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) C
1 16 (18.60%) C++
1 16 (18.60%) SQL
2 13 (15.12%) Python
3 12 (13.95%) C#
4 8 (9.30%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.49%) Embedded C
5 3 (3.49%) Rust
6 2 (2.33%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.33%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.16%) Perl
7 1 (1.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Degree
2 9 (10.47%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.49%) ISTQB
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) SLA
3 2 (2.33%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (1.16%) DO-254
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Firmware
2 7 (8.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (3.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.16%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.65%) EMC
3 1 (1.16%) HP
3 1 (1.16%) IBM