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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 265 171
Rank change year-on-year -8 -94 -20
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 630 518 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 1.22% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.34% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 455 372 1,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,509 £41,188 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

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 63,989 38,586 74,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 90.92% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 45,232 21,845 54,026
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,898 £29,629
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,679 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,346
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +9 156 £47,500 -9.52% 81
London -34 148 £65,750 +2.73% 65
North of England -21 103 £55,000 +22.22% 40
South West -39 77 £50,000 -9.91% 36
Midlands -26 71 £55,000 +29.41% 32
East of England +23 67 £55,000 +3.77% 40
North West +18 59 £54,636 -12.58% 19
West Midlands -24 46 £62,500 +316.67% 17
East Midlands -25 25 £55,000 +5.77% 15
North East -30 23 £57,500 +43.75% 12
Yorkshire -43 21 £43,211 +32.96% 9
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 15 (2.38%) IIS
2 10 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.27%) Confluence
4 5 (0.79%) CMS
4 5 (0.79%) WordPress
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.63%) Moodle
6 2 (0.32%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 19 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.90%) Simulink
4 5 (0.79%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.79%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
1 2 (0.32%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.16%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.16%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 118 (18.73%) Azure
2 109 (17.30%) AWS
3 39 (6.19%) GCP
4 38 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (3.65%) Serverless
6 22 (3.49%) GitHub
7 15 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 14 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.06%) SaaS
10 12 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (1.90%) BrowserStack
11 10 (1.59%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.43%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.11%) Anthropic Claude
13 7 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.79%) Tricentis Tosca
15 4 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.63%) Azure Functions
16 3 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.75%) VPN
2 8 (1.27%) Broadband
2 8 (1.27%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.79%) HTTP
3 5 (0.79%) SNMP
4 4 (0.63%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.32%) ATM
6 2 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.32%) LTE
6 2 (0.32%) Modbus
6 2 (0.32%) MQTT
6 2 (0.32%) Network Security
6 2 (0.32%) Wireless
7 1 (0.16%) 5G
7 1 (0.16%) AMQP
7 1 (0.16%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (2.22%) OLTP
4 13 (2.06%) Power BI
5 12 (1.90%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (1.75%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.27%) MySQL
8 8 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.11%) InfluxDB
9 7 (1.11%) Spark SQL
10 6 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.95%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.63%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.32%) Db2
12 2 (0.32%) DTS
12 2 (0.32%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 72 (11.43%) Git
2 65 (10.32%) JIRA
3 51 (8.10%) GitLab
4 47 (7.46%) Selenium
5 32 (5.08%) Jenkins
6 21 (3.33%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.33%) Postman
7 17 (2.70%) TestRail
8 15 (2.38%) JUnit
8 15 (2.38%) Zephyr
9 13 (2.06%) JMeter
10 12 (1.90%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.75%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (1.27%) REST Assured
12 8 (1.27%) SoapUI
12 8 (1.27%) WebDriver
13 7 (1.11%) LoadRunner
13 7 (1.11%) Robot Framework
13 7 (1.11%) SpecFlow
13 7 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 183 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 101 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (12.06%) Finance
4 36 (5.71%) Electronics
5 29 (4.60%) Law
6 28 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.97%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.49%) Banking
9 16 (2.54%) Retail
10 13 (2.06%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.75%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.75%) Games
12 10 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.43%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.11%) Advertising
15 7 (1.11%) Military
15 7 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.95%) Automotive
16 6 (0.95%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 146 (23.17%) Senior
2 110 (17.46%) Software Engineer
3 69 (10.95%) Test Engineer
4 65 (10.32%) Developer
5 58 (9.21%) Analyst
6 57 (9.05%) Lead
7 51 (8.10%) Tester
8 43 (6.83%) Senior Developer
9 36 (5.71%) Software Tester
10 35 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
11 34 (5.40%) Development Engineer
12 31 (4.92%) Software Test Engineer
13 30 (4.76%) Software Development Engineer
14 27 (4.29%) QA Engineer
14 27 (4.29%) Test Development Engineer
15 23 (3.65%) Test Automation Engineer
16 20 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 20 (3.17%) Embedded Engineer
16 20 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (3.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (8.25%) .NET
2 39 (6.19%) HTML
3 37 (5.87%) Playwright
4 32 (5.08%) React
5 24 (3.81%) XML
6 22 (3.49%) REST
7 20 (3.17%) SOAP
8 14 (2.22%) ASP.NET
8 14 (2.22%) CSS
8 14 (2.22%) Node.js
9 13 (2.06%) RESTful
10 12 (1.90%) Spring
11 10 (1.59%) JSON
12 9 (1.43%) React Native
12 9 (1.43%) Swagger
13 8 (1.27%) .NET Framework
13 8 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
13 8 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (1.27%) LangChain
13 8 (1.27%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.05%) Product Ownership
2 35 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 23 (3.65%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.38%) FPGA
5 15 (2.38%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.06%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.90%) Robotics
8 11 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.59%) Life Science
10 9 (1.43%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.27%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.27%) VHDL
11 8 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 69 (10.95%) Windows
2 54 (8.57%) Linux
3 20 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.11%) CentOS
5 4 (0.63%) Unix
6 3 (0.48%) Android
6 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.48%) VMS
7 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.32%) zOS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (40.16%) Test Automation
2 217 (34.44%) Agile
3 171 (27.14%) Software Engineering
4 149 (23.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 134 (21.27%) DevOps
6 132 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (20.48%) CI/CD
8 91 (14.44%) Scrum
9 88 (13.97%) Code Quality
10 83 (13.17%) AI
10 83 (13.17%) Mentoring
11 82 (13.02%) SDLC
12 80 (12.70%) Computer Science
13 71 (11.27%) Test Strategy
14 66 (10.48%) Validation
15 64 (10.16%) Regression Testing
16 59 (9.37%) Manual Testing
17 43 (6.83%) Test Scripting
18 39 (6.19%) Machine Learning
19 38 (6.03%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 165 (26.19%) Python
2 119 (18.89%) SQL
3 90 (14.29%) C#
4 72 (11.43%) JavaScript
5 70 (11.11%) Java
6 68 (10.79%) C++
7 51 (8.10%) C
8 43 (6.83%) TypeScript
9 24 (3.81%) MATLAB
10 19 (3.02%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.86%) PL/SQL
12 13 (2.06%) Bash
13 12 (1.90%) PHP
14 11 (1.75%) Go
15 9 (1.43%) Julia
16 8 (1.27%) Embedded C
16 8 (1.27%) Groovy
16 8 (1.27%) R
16 8 (1.27%) Rust
17 7 (1.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 178 (28.25%) Degree
2 99 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 49 (7.78%) ISTQB
5 38 (6.03%) DV Cleared
5 38 (6.03%) Master's Degree
6 34 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.90%) PhD
9 9 (1.43%) ISEB
10 8 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (1.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.63%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.63%) CIPD
13 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.32%) HND
15 2 (0.32%) MCSA
15 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (28.10%) QA
2 37 (5.87%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.33%) Software Quality Assurance
4 13 (2.06%) SLA
5 12 (1.90%) GDPR
6 8 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.95%) WCAG
8 5 (0.79%) PMO
9 4 (0.63%) DO-254
9 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
11 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.32%) JTAG
11 2 (0.32%) MISRA
11 2 (0.32%) MISRA C
11 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 33 (5.24%) Docker
2 29 (4.60%) Firmware
3 17 (2.70%) Active Directory
4 16 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (2.38%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.79%) KVM
8 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.70%) Terraform
3 14 (2.22%) Ansible
4 12 (1.90%) Grafana
5 8 (1.27%) Kibana
5 8 (1.27%) logstash
6 6 (0.95%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.79%) Functional Safety
7 5 (0.79%) SCCM
7 5 (0.79%) SCOM
8 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.48%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.48%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (0.48%) Rancher
8 3 (0.48%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.16%) Istio
9 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (10.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.60%) Oracle
3 18 (2.86%) VMware
4 17 (2.70%) Splunk
5 11 (1.75%) Citrix
6 10 (1.59%) Adobe
6 10 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.43%) IBM
8 8 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.11%) Google
9 7 (1.11%) Intel
10 5 (0.79%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.79%) Avid
10 5 (0.79%) HP
10 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.79%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.63%) Altera
11 4 (0.63%) Microsemi
11 4 (0.63%) SYSPRO