Software Testing Jobs in England

Software Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 74 120
Rank change year-on-year -113 +46 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,331 4,014 4,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.57% 4.31% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 4.50% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 1,255 1,877
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,875 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in England.

Salary trend for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -49 308 £48,000 -8.57% 103
London -106 301 £72,500 +7.41% 71
North of England -104 273 £55,000 +10.00% 105
Midlands -135 168 £45,000 -2.70% 61
North West -114 153 £55,000 +10.00% 76
South West -73 138 £50,000 +11.11% 54
East of England -62 132 £55,000 -15.38% 71
West Midlands -102 126 £45,000 -5.26% 38
Yorkshire -55 100 £55,000 +10.00% 25
East Midlands -109 42 £49,329 +17.45% 23
North East -5 20 £55,000 -1.79% 4
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (2.48%) Confluence
2 21 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.50%) IIS
4 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.28%) Apache
6 9 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.53%) WinCC
8 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.30%) TWiki
10 3 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.075%) JBoss
12 1 (0.075%) Moodle
12 1 (0.075%) nginx
12 1 (0.075%) Totara
12 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.33%) Simulink
3 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.73%) Stateflow
4 13 (0.98%) AutoCAD
5 10 (0.75%) Revit
6 7 (0.53%) CANalyzer
7 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.30%) Trello
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) BPCS
3 6 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.15%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.075%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.075%) Postilion
6 1 (0.075%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 221 (16.60%) Azure
2 162 (12.17%) AWS
3 73 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (3.98%) SaaS
5 51 (3.83%) GitHub
6 38 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (2.70%) GCP
8 32 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
9 27 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.13%) Power Platform
11 11 (0.83%) Serverless
12 10 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 10 (0.75%) Google Play
13 8 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.60%) Slack
14 7 (0.53%) Entra ID
14 7 (0.53%) IaaS
15 6 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (0.30%) Power Automate
17 3 (0.23%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.46%) TCP/IP
2 31 (2.33%) Wireless
3 22 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
4 20 (1.50%) Firewall
4 20 (1.50%) RS-485
5 19 (1.43%) Internet
6 18 (1.35%) Network Security
7 16 (1.20%) 4G
7 16 (1.20%) Ethernet
7 16 (1.20%) LAN
8 14 (1.05%) MQTT
8 14 (1.05%) RS-232
9 13 (0.98%) 3G
9 13 (0.98%) WAN
10 11 (0.83%) J1939
11 7 (0.53%) Modbus
12 6 (0.45%) HTTP
13 5 (0.38%) FlexRay
13 5 (0.38%) Multicast
13 5 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (7.96%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.01%) NoSQL
3 25 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (1.28%) Redis
6 16 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.05%) Big Data
7 14 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.98%) OLTP
9 12 (0.90%) DynamoDB
9 12 (0.90%) MySQL
10 11 (0.83%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.45%) Flink
12 6 (0.45%) Power BI
13 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 169 (12.70%) JIRA
2 140 (10.52%) Selenium
3 83 (6.24%) Git
4 74 (5.56%) Jenkins
5 61 (4.58%) JUnit
6 59 (4.43%) Cucumber
7 44 (3.31%) Postman
7 44 (3.31%) Visual Studio
8 42 (3.16%) Cypress.io
8 42 (3.16%) JMeter
9 36 (2.70%) GitLab
9 36 (2.70%) WebDriver
10 30 (2.25%) Appium
11 26 (1.95%) LabVIEW
12 23 (1.73%) SoapUI
13 20 (1.50%) SpecFlow
14 19 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
14 19 (1.43%) TestNG
15 18 (1.35%) ClearCase
15 18 (1.35%) Plastic SCM
General
1 281 (21.11%) Social Skills
2 205 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
3 161 (12.10%) Finance
4 124 (9.32%) Electronics
5 59 (4.43%) Public Sector
6 58 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 56 (4.21%) Automotive
8 56 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.91%) Legal
10 37 (2.78%) Retail
11 35 (2.63%) Aerospace
12 34 (2.55%) Marketing
13 31 (2.33%) Banking
14 24 (1.80%) Law
15 22 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.35%) Back Office
16 18 (1.35%) Military
17 17 (1.28%) Games
18 16 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 244 (18.33%) Senior
2 221 (16.60%) Developer
3 166 (12.47%) Software Engineer
4 137 (10.29%) Analyst
5 124 (9.32%) Tester
6 114 (8.56%) Lead
7 103 (7.74%) Test Engineer
8 73 (5.48%) Software Tester
9 70 (5.26%) Test Analyst
10 66 (4.96%) Software Developer
11 62 (4.66%) Senior Developer
12 55 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
13 52 (3.91%) Software Test Engineer
14 51 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
15 47 (3.53%) Embedded Engineer
16 46 (3.46%) .NET Developer
17 45 (3.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
18 41 (3.08%) Support Engineer
19 37 (2.78%) Consultant
19 37 (2.78%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (11.50%) .NET
2 74 (5.56%) REST
3 73 (5.48%) HTML
4 65 (4.88%) Web Services
5 56 (4.21%) React
6 45 (3.38%) JSON
7 43 (3.23%) SOAP
8 41 (3.08%) XML
9 40 (3.01%) .NET Framework
9 40 (3.01%) CSS
10 37 (2.78%) RESTful
11 29 (2.18%) Kafka
11 29 (2.18%) Node.js
11 29 (2.18%) Playwright
12 28 (2.10%) .NET Core
13 24 (1.80%) Spring
14 22 (1.65%) Spring Boot
15 20 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (1.35%) WireMock
17 16 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.39%) Self-Motivation
2 84 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 67 (5.03%) Mobile App
4 60 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.98%) Algorithms
6 36 (2.70%) IoT
7 30 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
8 25 (1.88%) Video\Live Streaming
9 24 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
10 23 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.20%) Driving Licence
13 15 (1.13%) Client/Server
13 15 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 15 (1.13%) Robotics
14 14 (1.05%) Hedge funds
15 13 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.98%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (12.17%) Linux
2 139 (10.44%) Windows
3 36 (2.70%) Android
4 29 (2.18%) Unix
5 19 (1.43%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.35%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.28%) Windows 10
8 15 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (0.83%) Windows 7
11 8 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
12 7 (0.53%) Debian
13 5 (0.38%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
16 2 (0.15%) VMS
16 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.15%) zOS
17 1 (0.075%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (37.79%) Agile
2 441 (33.13%) Test Automation
3 315 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
4 299 (22.46%) Software Engineering
5 207 (15.55%) Computer Science
6 203 (15.25%) DevOps
7 180 (13.52%) CI/CD
8 155 (11.65%) Mentoring
9 141 (10.59%) Test Strategy
10 124 (9.32%) Scrum
11 119 (8.94%) Functional Testing
12 118 (8.87%) SDLC
13 106 (7.96%) Regression Testing
14 103 (7.74%) Project Management
15 102 (7.66%) Test Scripting
16 100 (7.51%) SDET
17 98 (7.36%) TDD
18 93 (6.99%) Coaching
18 93 (6.99%) User Acceptance Testing
19 80 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 237 (17.81%) C#
2 223 (16.75%) Python
3 213 (16.00%) SQL
4 197 (14.80%) Java
5 159 (11.95%) JavaScript
6 146 (10.97%) C
7 83 (6.24%) C++
8 73 (5.48%) TypeScript
9 44 (3.31%) MATLAB
10 42 (3.16%) Bash
11 41 (3.08%) Embedded C
12 29 (2.18%) Perl
13 26 (1.95%) PowerShell
14 22 (1.65%) Fortran
14 22 (1.65%) Groovy
15 18 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.35%) VB.NET
16 17 (1.28%) Go
16 17 (1.28%) Ruby
17 14 (1.05%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 395 (29.68%) Degree
2 182 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 117 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 86 (6.46%) SC Cleared
5 83 (6.24%) ISTQB
6 32 (2.40%) ISEB
7 28 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.58%) PhD
11 18 (1.35%) HND
12 15 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 13 (0.98%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.68%) IIBA
15 7 (0.53%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.45%) CSPO
17 5 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
17 5 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 5 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 234 (17.58%) QA
2 56 (4.21%) GDPR
3 36 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.10%) WCAG
5 25 (1.88%) MISRA
6 15 (1.13%) ISO 26262
7 12 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
7 12 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
8 11 (0.83%) SLA
9 9 (0.68%) ITGC
10 8 (0.60%) PSD2
11 7 (0.53%) DO-254
11 7 (0.53%) IEC 61508
11 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 6 (0.45%) Def Stans
13 5 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 5 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
14 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 3 (0.23%) PMO
16 2 (0.15%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 83 (6.24%) Docker
2 75 (5.63%) Firmware
3 19 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
4 13 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.15%) NFS
9 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.075%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 78 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.16%) Terraform
3 19 (1.43%) SCCM
4 17 (1.28%) Ansible
5 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.98%) Progress Chef
5 13 (0.98%) Puppet
6 11 (0.83%) Salt
7 7 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (0.38%) Functional Safety
8 5 (0.38%) Wonderware InTouch
9 3 (0.23%) Consul
9 3 (0.23%) Grafana
10 2 (0.15%) Kibana
11 1 (0.075%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.075%) Packer
11 1 (0.075%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 206 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.53%) Google
3 44 (3.31%) Oracle
4 43 (3.23%) IBM
5 29 (2.18%) VMware
6 21 (1.58%) SAP
7 18 (1.35%) Lauterbach
8 17 (1.28%) HP
9 16 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.05%) Adobe
11 12 (0.90%) Charles River
12 11 (0.83%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.83%) Rockwell
13 10 (0.75%) Autodesk
13 10 (0.75%) Citrix
13 10 (0.75%) Siemens
14 8 (0.60%) Duck Creek
14 8 (0.60%) Sage
15 7 (0.53%) OpenAI