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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 262 175
Rank change year-on-year -2 -87 -16
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 675 510 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 1.17% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.30% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 468 372 709
10th Percentile £29,925 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,150 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,875 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%

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 67,880 39,178 58,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.83% 89.60% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 47,922 22,754 39,478
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +15 155 £47,500 -5.00% 70
London -53 149 £69,000 +7.81% 107
North of England -7 116 £55,000 +29.41% 74
Midlands -4 92 £55,000 +29.41% 39
South West -32 88 £51,250 -6.82% 39
East of England +14 69 £47,500 -10.38% 35
North West +21 62 £52,136 -16.58% 38
West Midlands -14 61 £61,250 +308.33% 27
North East -26 34 £57,500 +69.12% 21
East Midlands -13 31 £55,000 +1.85% 12
Yorkshire -52 20 £41,332 +46.96% 16
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 14 (2.07%) IIS
2 10 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.19%) Confluence
4 7 (1.04%) CMS
5 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.59%) Moodle
5 4 (0.59%) WordPress
6 3 (0.44%) Apache
6 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) WinCC
Applications
1 18 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.48%) Simulink
4 6 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.74%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.74%) DaVinci Resolve
5 5 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Shopify
1 2 (0.30%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.15%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.93%) AWS
2 120 (17.78%) Azure
3 38 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (4.89%) GCP
5 26 (3.85%) GitHub
6 25 (3.70%) Serverless
7 18 (2.67%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (1.78%) GitHub Copilot
10 11 (1.63%) SaaS
11 10 (1.48%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.33%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (1.33%) BrowserStack
12 9 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
15 4 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (0.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.63%) VPN
2 9 (1.33%) SNMP
3 8 (1.19%) Broadband
4 7 (1.04%) HTTP
5 6 (0.89%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.74%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.59%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.30%) ATM
8 2 (0.30%) DNS
8 2 (0.30%) LTE
8 2 (0.30%) Modbus
8 2 (0.30%) Wireless
9 1 (0.15%) 5G
9 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.15%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) MQTT
9 1 (0.15%) SSL
9 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (2.37%) Power BI
4 13 (1.93%) DynamoDB
5 12 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.78%) OLTP
6 10 (1.48%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.04%) InfluxDB
9 7 (1.04%) MySQL
9 7 (1.04%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.89%) Spark SQL
11 4 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
11 4 (0.59%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.44%) Big Data
12 3 (0.44%) DTS
13 2 (0.30%) Flink
Development Applications
1 86 (12.74%) Git
2 67 (9.93%) JIRA
3 58 (8.59%) Selenium
4 51 (7.56%) GitLab
5 40 (5.93%) Jenkins
6 26 (3.85%) Postman
7 23 (3.41%) Cypress.io
8 19 (2.81%) JUnit
9 18 (2.67%) TestRail
10 16 (2.37%) Cucumber
11 15 (2.22%) Zephyr
12 14 (2.07%) JMeter
13 10 (1.48%) REST Assured
14 9 (1.33%) Claude Code
14 9 (1.33%) Gatling
14 9 (1.33%) SpecFlow
14 9 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (1.04%) LoadRunner
15 7 (1.04%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.04%) WebDriver
General
1 201 (29.78%) Social Skills
2 112 (16.59%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (13.19%) Finance
4 44 (6.52%) Electronics
5 37 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (4.89%) Law
7 32 (4.74%) Manufacturing
8 22 (3.26%) Banking
9 16 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 15 (2.22%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.93%) Retail
12 12 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.78%) Games
13 11 (1.63%) Aviation
13 11 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.33%) Automotive
14 9 (1.33%) Health Technology
14 9 (1.33%) Legal
15 8 (1.19%) Back Office
15 8 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 164 (24.30%) Senior
2 123 (18.22%) Software Engineer
3 85 (12.59%) Test Engineer
4 73 (10.81%) Developer
5 65 (9.63%) Analyst
6 63 (9.33%) Lead
7 56 (8.30%) Tester
8 45 (6.67%) Senior Developer
9 38 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
9 38 (5.63%) Software Test Engineer
10 35 (5.19%) Software Tester
11 29 (4.30%) QA Engineer
12 28 (4.15%) Embedded Engineer
13 27 (4.00%) Development Engineer
14 26 (3.85%) Test Automation Engineer
15 25 (3.70%) Software Developer
16 24 (3.56%) Senior Analyst
17 23 (3.41%) Junior
17 23 (3.41%) Software Development Engineer
18 22 (3.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (8.89%) .NET
2 45 (6.67%) Playwright
3 42 (6.22%) HTML
4 37 (5.48%) React
5 28 (4.15%) REST
6 24 (3.56%) XML
7 21 (3.11%) ASP.NET
8 18 (2.67%) CSS
9 15 (2.22%) SOAP
10 14 (2.07%) RESTful
11 12 (1.78%) Node.js
11 12 (1.78%) Spring
11 12 (1.78%) Swagger
12 11 (1.63%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (1.48%) JSON
13 10 (1.48%) React Native
14 9 (1.33%) .NET Framework
15 8 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
15 8 (1.19%) Middleware
15 8 (1.19%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 56 (8.30%) Product Ownership
2 33 (4.89%) Algorithms
3 30 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (2.81%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.22%) Client/Server
7 14 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.07%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.07%) Robotics
8 13 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.78%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.78%) FPGA
10 10 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (1.33%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.33%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.19%) Reinsurance
12 8 (1.19%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 84 (12.44%) Windows
2 70 (10.37%) Linux
3 20 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.04%) CentOS
5 6 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.59%) Android
6 4 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.59%) Unix
6 4 (0.59%) VMS
7 3 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.44%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.30%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.30%) zOS
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (40.15%) Test Automation
2 243 (36.00%) Agile
3 204 (30.22%) Software Engineering
4 178 (26.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 159 (23.56%) CI/CD
6 152 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (21.63%) DevOps
8 107 (15.85%) Code Quality
9 99 (14.67%) Mentoring
10 94 (13.93%) AI
10 94 (13.93%) Scrum
11 92 (13.63%) SDLC
12 84 (12.44%) Validation
13 80 (11.85%) Test Strategy
14 74 (10.96%) Computer Science
15 72 (10.67%) Regression Testing
16 62 (9.19%) Manual Testing
17 48 (7.11%) Test Scripting
18 46 (6.81%) Software Architecture
18 46 (6.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 192 (28.44%) Python
2 122 (18.07%) SQL
3 99 (14.67%) C#
4 81 (12.00%) C++
5 77 (11.41%) Java
5 77 (11.41%) JavaScript
6 59 (8.74%) C
7 44 (6.52%) TypeScript
8 22 (3.26%) MATLAB
9 21 (3.11%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.22%) Bash
10 15 (2.22%) PL/SQL
11 12 (1.78%) Go
11 12 (1.78%) PHP
12 9 (1.33%) Groovy
12 9 (1.33%) Julia
12 9 (1.33%) Rust
13 8 (1.19%) Embedded C
13 8 (1.19%) R
14 7 (1.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 174 (25.78%) Degree
2 120 (17.78%) Security Cleared
3 73 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 43 (6.37%) ISTQB
5 39 (5.78%) DV Cleared
6 36 (5.33%) Master's Degree
7 33 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.48%) ISEB
10 9 (1.33%) PhD
11 8 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (0.59%) CIPD
15 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.44%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.30%) HND
16 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 189 (28.00%) QA
2 39 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.11%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (2.52%) GDPR
5 11 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.63%) WCAG
6 10 (1.48%) SLA
7 5 (0.74%) DO-254
7 5 (0.74%) PMO
8 4 (0.59%) IEC 61508
8 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 2 (0.30%) Automotive SPICE
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.30%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.30%) MISRA
10 2 (0.30%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) DO-160
11 1 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 43 (6.37%) Docker
2 29 (4.30%) Firmware
3 17 (2.52%) Active Directory
4 15 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (2.07%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.74%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.74%) KVM
8 2 (0.30%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 31 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.67%) Terraform
3 16 (2.37%) Ansible
4 14 (2.07%) Grafana
5 9 (1.33%) Kibana
6 8 (1.19%) logstash
7 6 (0.89%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.74%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.59%) SCCM
9 4 (0.59%) SCOM
10 3 (0.44%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.44%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.44%) Norton AntiVirus
10 3 (0.44%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.30%) Rancher
12 1 (0.15%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.41%) Oracle
3 19 (2.81%) Splunk
4 17 (2.52%) VMware
5 11 (1.63%) Citrix
6 9 (1.33%) Adobe
6 9 (1.33%) Atlassian
6 9 (1.33%) Intel
6 9 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.04%) IBM
9 6 (0.89%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.74%) Avid
10 5 (0.74%) Google
10 5 (0.74%) HP
10 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.74%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.59%) EMC
11 4 (0.59%) SYSPRO
11 4 (0.59%) Xilinx