Software Testing Jobs in England

Software Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 168 168
Rank change year-on-year -39 0 -81
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 815 1,434 1,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.55% 1.64% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.99% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 412 935 1,011
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,498 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% -10.44% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £83,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +9.52%

All Process and 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 47,346 72,028 71,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 90.10% 82.57% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25,104 50,116 46,640
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,500 £40,000 £45,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £81,946
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

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 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 2025. 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
Midlands +81 324 £42,500 -1.16% 63
West Midlands +85 215 £15,000 -66.67% 33
South East -42 168 £60,000 +22.45% 125
London +25 167 £64,000 -1.54% 170
East Midlands +21 109 £52,000 +30.00% 31
North of England -100 77 £42,875 -22.05% 97
South West -3 49 £56,000 -4.60% 61
North West -115 36 £62,500 +13.64% 59
Yorkshire -12 35 £28,125 -48.86% 29
East of England -64 27 £53,000 -3.64% 70
North East +28 6 £40,000 -20.00% 9
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 14 (1.72%) Appian
1 14 (1.72%) Confluence
2 9 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.74%) WinCC
4 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.49%) nginx
4 4 (0.49%) Traefik
5 2 (0.25%) Apache
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.12%) JBoss
6 1 (0.12%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 159 (19.51%) Simulink
2 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.12%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.12%) Endur
2 1 (0.12%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.12%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 95 (11.66%) AWS
2 72 (8.83%) Azure
3 47 (5.77%) SaaS
4 39 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (3.56%) Serverless
6 24 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
7 22 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (1.35%) GCP
9 10 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.98%) GitHub
11 8 (0.98%) Power Platform
12 6 (0.74%) Amazon SageMaker
13 5 (0.61%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.49%) Akamai
14 4 (0.49%) Cloudflare
14 4 (0.49%) Figma
14 4 (0.49%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.74%) TCP/IP
1 6 (0.74%) VPN
2 5 (0.61%) DHCP
2 5 (0.61%) DNS
2 5 (0.61%) Ethernet
2 5 (0.61%) HTTP
3 4 (0.49%) ICMP
3 4 (0.49%) Profibus
3 4 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.37%) Firewall
4 3 (0.37%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) Modbus
5 2 (0.25%) Network Security
6 1 (0.12%) BGP
6 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.12%) GSM
6 1 (0.12%) LAN
6 1 (0.12%) LTE
6 1 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.28%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.09%) DynamoDB
5 15 (1.84%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.10%) OLTP
8 8 (0.98%) Redis
9 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.74%) Big Data
10 6 (0.74%) Power BI
11 3 (0.37%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.37%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.37%) MySQL
12 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.25%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (9.08%) JIRA
2 60 (7.36%) Git
2 60 (7.36%) Selenium
3 34 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 27 (3.31%) Postman
5 24 (2.94%) Cypress.io
6 18 (2.21%) JMeter
7 16 (1.96%) Appium
7 16 (1.96%) WebDriver
8 15 (1.84%) SoapUI
9 13 (1.60%) JUnit
10 11 (1.35%) TestRail
11 9 (1.10%) IntelliJ
11 9 (1.10%) SpecFlow
11 9 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.98%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.98%) LoadRunner
13 7 (0.86%) MagicDraw
14 6 (0.74%) Locust
14 6 (0.74%) Maven
General
1 178 (21.84%) Aerospace
1 178 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 158 (19.39%) Automotive
3 93 (11.41%) Finance
4 91 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (5.40%) Law
7 39 (4.79%) Banking
8 31 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (2.82%) Legal
10 20 (2.45%) Publishing
11 18 (2.21%) Tech for Good
12 17 (2.09%) Health Technology
13 12 (1.47%) Investment Banking
13 12 (1.47%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.47%) Public Sector
14 11 (1.35%) Marketing
15 9 (1.10%) Advertising
16 8 (0.98%) Front Office
17 7 (0.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 189 (23.19%) Senior
2 174 (21.35%) Software Engineer
3 127 (15.58%) Systems Engineer
4 111 (13.62%) Principal Engineer
5 104 (12.76%) Development Engineer
6 103 (12.64%) Software Development Engineer
7 96 (11.78%) Developer
8 78 (9.57%) Lead
9 73 (8.96%) Test Engineer
10 69 (8.47%) Instrumentation Engineer
11 65 (7.98%) Principal Software Engineer
12 63 (7.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 60 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
14 51 (6.26%) Software Test Engineer
15 49 (6.01%) Senior Developer
16 48 (5.89%) Analyst
17 43 (5.28%) Senior Test Engineer
18 41 (5.03%) Senior Software Test Engineer
19 39 (4.79%) Senior Systems Engineer
20 36 (4.42%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (8.22%) React
2 61 (7.48%) .NET
3 44 (5.40%) HTML
4 36 (4.42%) RESTful
5 32 (3.93%) Playwright
6 29 (3.56%) REST
7 26 (3.19%) Node.js
8 24 (2.94%) Kafka
9 23 (2.82%) SOAP
9 23 (2.82%) XML
10 22 (2.70%) .NET Core
10 22 (2.70%) CSS
11 21 (2.58%) Swagger
12 20 (2.45%) ASP.NET
13 18 (2.21%) AngularJS
14 14 (1.72%) JSON
15 13 (1.60%) .NET Framework
15 13 (1.60%) Qt
15 13 (1.60%) Web Services
16 12 (1.47%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.15%) Mobile App
2 37 (4.54%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
4 25 (3.07%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.33%) SCADA
6 17 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.09%) EPoS
7 16 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (1.35%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.10%) Acoustics
9 9 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 8 (0.98%) Derivative
10 8 (0.98%) Mobile Banking
10 8 (0.98%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.74%) FPGA
12 5 (0.61%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.49%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.49%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.42%) Windows
2 26 (3.19%) Android
3 25 (3.07%) Linux
4 14 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.61%) Unix
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (64.17%) Agile
2 290 (35.58%) Software Engineering
3 228 (27.98%) Test Automation
3 228 (27.98%) Validation
4 216 (26.50%) SDLC
5 179 (21.96%) Waterfall
6 176 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
7 166 (20.37%) Systems Engineering
8 105 (12.88%) Computer Science
9 91 (11.17%) CI/CD
10 81 (9.94%) DevOps
10 81 (9.94%) Manual Testing
11 76 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (8.47%) Scrum
13 66 (8.10%) Test Scripting
14 64 (7.85%) Regression Testing
15 63 (7.73%) Mathematics
16 61 (7.48%) Unit Testing
17 59 (7.24%) UML
18 54 (6.63%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 158 (19.39%) MATLAB
2 107 (13.13%) Python
2 107 (13.13%) SQL
3 91 (11.17%) JavaScript
4 90 (11.04%) Java
5 85 (10.43%) C#
6 67 (8.22%) TypeScript
7 42 (5.15%) C++
8 29 (3.56%) C
9 21 (2.58%) Ada
10 16 (1.96%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.10%) Bash
12 7 (0.86%) Go
13 6 (0.74%) Groovy
14 5 (0.61%) Swift
15 4 (0.49%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.49%) Rust
16 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 320 (39.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 272 (33.37%) Degree
3 67 (8.22%) ISTQB
4 54 (6.63%) Security Cleared
5 52 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (5.03%) SC Cleared
7 27 (3.31%) Numerate Degree
8 25 (3.07%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 15 (1.84%) PhD
11 12 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
11 12 (1.47%) ISEB
12 7 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.74%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 4 (0.49%) CISSP
16 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.37%) DBS Check
17 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
17 2 (0.25%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (16.56%) QA
2 13 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 10 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
4 7 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.74%) Def Stans
6 5 (0.61%) GDPR
7 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.37%) NIST
7 3 (0.37%) PMBOK
7 3 (0.37%) SLA
7 3 (0.37%) WCAG
8 2 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.25%) GxP
8 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.12%) COBIT
9 1 (0.12%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.12%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (3.31%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Firmware
3 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) HDFS
4 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (4.54%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.60%) Terraform
3 4 (0.49%) Argo
3 4 (0.49%) Functional Safety
3 4 (0.49%) HAProxy
3 4 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.25%) SCCM
4 2 (0.25%) SCOM
5 1 (0.12%) Ansible
5 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.12%) Grafana
5 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (15.09%) Siemens
2 47 (5.77%) Microsoft
3 28 (3.44%) Oracle
4 18 (2.21%) Zoho
5 9 (1.10%) VMware
6 6 (0.74%) Databricks
6 6 (0.74%) Google
6 6 (0.74%) Rockwell
7 5 (0.61%) IBM
7 5 (0.61%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.61%) Xilinx
8 4 (0.49%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (0.49%) Splunk
9 3 (0.37%) AVEVA
9 3 (0.37%) SAP
9 3 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.25%) Cisco
10 2 (0.25%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.25%) Wonderware