Software Testing Job Trends in England

Software Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 244 176
Rank change year-on-year -19 -68 -81
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 597 542 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 1.39% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.49% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 433 377 1,041
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,450 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -10.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,861 36,283 74,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 93.20% 83.13%
Number of salaries quoted 41,095 19,492 54,995
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in England over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
South East +4 157 £50,000 -4.76% 73
London -31 157 £60,000 -7.69% 74
North of England -28 98 £50,000 +11.11% 37
Midlands -50 67 £55,000 +26.44% 41
South West -46 65 £48,750 -12.16% 34
North West +17 56 £51,772 -12.25% 23
East of England -3 46 £48,750 -8.02% 63
West Midlands -39 43 £62,500 +316.67% 23
Yorkshire -54 26 £37,663 +26.60% 4
East Midlands -33 24 £55,000 +14.58% 18
North East -26 16 £55,000 +37.50% 11
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 12 (2.01%) IIS
2 7 (1.17%) Confluence
3 6 (1.01%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.84%) CMS
4 5 (0.84%) Moodle
4 5 (0.84%) WordPress
5 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.34%) Apache
6 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 15 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.84%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.84%) DaVinci Resolve
3 5 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.84%) Simulink
4 4 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) Shopify
1 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.17%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.17%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 110 (18.43%) Azure
2 104 (17.42%) AWS
3 42 (7.04%) GCP
4 37 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (3.35%) GitHub
6 18 (3.02%) Serverless
7 14 (2.35%) BrowserStack
8 12 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 11 (1.84%) SaaS
10 10 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.34%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.17%) Anthropic Claude
12 7 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.17%) GitHub Copilot
13 5 (0.84%) Tricentis Tosca
14 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.67%) Azure Functions
15 3 (0.50%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.34%) Broadband
1 8 (1.34%) Ethernet
1 8 (1.34%) VPN
2 5 (0.84%) HTTP
2 5 (0.84%) SNMP
3 4 (0.67%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.34%) LTE
5 2 (0.34%) Modbus
5 2 (0.34%) MQTT
5 2 (0.34%) Network Security
5 2 (0.34%) Wireless
6 1 (0.17%) 5G
6 1 (0.17%) AMQP
6 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.17%) DNS
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.03%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (3.02%) OLTP
4 11 (1.84%) MongoDB
5 10 (1.68%) Power BI
6 8 (1.34%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.34%) MySQL
7 7 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.17%) Spark SQL
7 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (0.84%) InfluxDB
10 4 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.67%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.34%) Big Data
11 2 (0.34%) DB2
11 2 (0.34%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 76 (12.73%) JIRA
2 63 (10.55%) Git
3 58 (9.72%) Selenium
4 46 (7.71%) GitLab
5 36 (6.03%) Postman
6 27 (4.52%) Jenkins
7 23 (3.85%) SoapUI
7 23 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (3.85%) WebDriver
8 17 (2.85%) Cypress.io
9 15 (2.51%) JUnit
9 15 (2.51%) TestRail
10 14 (2.35%) Zephyr
11 12 (2.01%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.84%) JMeter
13 10 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (1.34%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.17%) LabVIEW
15 7 (1.17%) LoadRunner
15 7 (1.17%) SpecFlow
General
1 165 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 85 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (13.57%) Finance
4 31 (5.19%) Electronics
5 24 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (3.85%) Law
7 22 (3.69%) Banking
8 21 (3.52%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.18%) Retail
10 13 (2.18%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.84%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.84%) Games
12 9 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.51%) Health Technology
12 9 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.01%) Back Office
13 6 (1.01%) Marketing
13 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.84%) Publishing
14 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (22.95%) Senior
2 103 (17.25%) Software Engineer
3 76 (12.73%) Test Engineer
4 67 (11.22%) Developer
5 61 (10.22%) Tester
6 60 (10.05%) Lead
7 57 (9.55%) Analyst
8 43 (7.20%) Senior Developer
9 41 (6.87%) Software Tester
10 39 (6.53%) Development Engineer
10 39 (6.53%) Software Test Engineer
11 35 (5.86%) Software Development Engineer
12 32 (5.36%) Test Development Engineer
13 29 (4.86%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (4.36%) Test Analyst
15 24 (4.02%) Test Automation Engineer
16 21 (3.52%) Oracle Developer
16 21 (3.52%) QA Engineer
16 21 (3.52%) Senior Oracle Developer
17 20 (3.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.39%) .NET
2 56 (9.38%) HTML
3 39 (6.53%) SOAP
4 34 (5.70%) Playwright
5 31 (5.19%) React
6 26 (4.36%) XML
7 21 (3.52%) REST
8 16 (2.68%) Node.js
9 13 (2.18%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.01%) CSS
10 12 (2.01%) JSON
11 11 (1.84%) RESTful
12 10 (1.68%) Spring
13 9 (1.51%) React Native
14 8 (1.34%) .NET Framework
14 8 (1.34%) LangChain
14 8 (1.34%) LlamaIndex
15 7 (1.17%) PySpark
16 5 (0.84%) pytest
16 5 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.36%) Algorithms
3 19 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (2.85%) Mobile App
5 15 (2.51%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (2.18%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.84%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.68%) Life Science
9 10 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.68%) Robotics
10 9 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.51%) FPGA
11 8 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.34%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
12 7 (1.17%) Reinsurance
13 6 (1.01%) Blog
14 5 (0.84%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 53 (8.88%) Windows
2 42 (7.04%) Linux
3 12 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.84%) Android
4 5 (0.84%) CentOS
5 4 (0.67%) Unix
6 3 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.50%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) VMS
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.34%) zOS
8 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (41.54%) Test Automation
2 208 (34.84%) Agile
3 151 (25.29%) Software Engineering
4 140 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 123 (20.60%) DevOps
6 119 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (18.59%) CI/CD
8 94 (15.75%) Scrum
9 81 (13.57%) Computer Science
10 80 (13.40%) Mentoring
11 75 (12.56%) AI
11 75 (12.56%) SDLC
12 74 (12.40%) Code Quality
13 62 (10.39%) Test Strategy
14 56 (9.38%) Non-Functional Testing
15 55 (9.21%) Regression Testing
16 54 (9.05%) Manual Testing
17 53 (8.88%) Test Scripting
18 47 (7.87%) Test Management
18 47 (7.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 146 (24.46%) Python
2 126 (21.11%) SQL
3 100 (16.75%) C#
4 88 (14.74%) Java
5 69 (11.56%) JavaScript
6 58 (9.72%) C++
7 40 (6.70%) TypeScript
8 39 (6.53%) C
9 23 (3.85%) PL/SQL
10 20 (3.35%) MATLAB
11 14 (2.35%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.01%) PHP
13 11 (1.84%) Go
14 9 (1.51%) Bash
15 8 (1.34%) Julia
16 7 (1.17%) Groovy
16 7 (1.17%) R
16 7 (1.17%) VBA
17 6 (1.01%) Rust
18 5 (0.84%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 180 (30.15%) Degree
2 83 (13.90%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.89%) ISTQB
4 49 (8.21%) SC Cleared
5 35 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (5.86%) Master's Degree
6 32 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 18 (3.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 12 (2.01%) PhD
9 10 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 9 (1.51%) ISEB
11 6 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.67%) CIPD
14 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (27.97%) QA
2 39 (6.53%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.52%) Software Quality Assurance
4 12 (2.01%) SLA
5 10 (1.68%) GDPR
6 7 (1.17%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.84%) PMO
8 4 (0.67%) DO-254
8 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.67%) WCAG
9 3 (0.50%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) JTAG
10 2 (0.34%) MISRA
10 2 (0.34%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 27 (4.52%) Docker
1 27 (4.52%) Firmware
2 14 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.18%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.01%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.84%) KVM
6 4 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
7 2 (0.34%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 16 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.51%) Terraform
3 10 (1.68%) Ansible
4 8 (1.34%) Grafana
5 6 (1.01%) Kibana
5 6 (1.01%) logstash
6 5 (0.84%) SCCM
6 5 (0.84%) SCOM
7 4 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.50%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.50%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.50%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.50%) Rancher
8 3 (0.50%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.34%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.17%) Istio
Vendors
1 58 (9.72%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.53%) Oracle
3 16 (2.68%) VMware
4 14 (2.35%) Splunk
5 10 (1.68%) Adobe
5 10 (1.68%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.51%) IBM
7 8 (1.34%) Citrix
8 7 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.01%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.84%) Avid
10 5 (0.84%) HP
10 5 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.84%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.67%) Altera
11 4 (0.67%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.67%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.67%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.50%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.50%) Veeam