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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 69 109
Rank change year-on-year -113 +40 +11
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,378 3,760 4,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.59% 4.28% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 4.47% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 1,149 1,967
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,813 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £90,000 £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 73,580 84,075 131,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.02% 95.61% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 53,859 49,932 73,641
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -49 325 £48,000 -12.73% 109
London -107 290 £70,000 +3.70% 65
North of England -107 288 £55,000 +10.00% 74
Midlands -121 189 £45,000 - 82
North West -113 165 £55,000 +11.11% 41
South West -68 139 £50,000 +6.38% 50
East of England -52 138 £55,000 -15.38% 59
West Midlands -110 124 £45,000 -5.26% 45
Yorkshire -59 104 £55,000 +10.00% 26
East Midlands -86 65 £49,329 +23.32% 37
North East -7 19 £55,000 -1.79% 7
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 (2.39%) Confluence
2 21 (1.52%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.23%) Apache
5 15 (1.09%) IIS
6 9 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.65%) WinCC
7 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.29%) TWiki
9 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
11 1 (0.073%) Moodle
11 1 (0.073%) nginx
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.073%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.073%) Totara
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.25%) Simulink
3 23 (1.67%) Stateflow
4 22 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.58%) Revit
7 7 (0.51%) CANalyzer
7 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.29%) Trello
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) BPCS
1 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.15%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.073%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 244 (17.71%) Azure
2 182 (13.21%) AWS
3 70 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (3.77%) SaaS
5 46 (3.34%) GitHub
6 39 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
8 36 (2.61%) GCP
9 21 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.16%) Power Platform
11 12 (0.87%) Serverless
12 10 (0.73%) Google Play
13 9 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 8 (0.58%) Slack
15 7 (0.51%) IaaS
16 6 (0.44%) Entra ID
17 5 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
18 4 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
18 4 (0.29%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.41%) TCP/IP
2 31 (2.25%) Wireless
3 23 (1.67%) Firewall
4 22 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (1.45%) RS-485
6 18 (1.31%) Ethernet
6 18 (1.31%) Internet
7 17 (1.23%) 4G
8 16 (1.16%) Network Security
9 14 (1.02%) MQTT
9 14 (1.02%) RS-232
10 12 (0.87%) 3G
10 12 (0.87%) LAN
11 11 (0.80%) J1939
12 10 (0.73%) WAN
13 7 (0.51%) Modbus
14 6 (0.44%) HTTP
14 6 (0.44%) Wireshark
15 5 (0.36%) DVB
15 5 (0.36%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.90%) NoSQL
3 28 (2.03%) Geospatial Data
4 25 (1.81%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.23%) Redis
6 16 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.09%) Big Data
8 14 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (0.94%) DynamoDB
9 13 (0.94%) OLTP
9 13 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 12 (0.87%) MySQL
11 10 (0.73%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.58%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.51%) Power BI
14 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.44%) Flink
Development Applications
1 166 (12.05%) JIRA
2 135 (9.80%) Selenium
3 82 (5.95%) Git
4 77 (5.59%) Jenkins
5 59 (4.28%) JUnit
6 52 (3.77%) Cucumber
7 47 (3.41%) Visual Studio
8 46 (3.34%) Postman
9 43 (3.12%) Cypress.io
10 39 (2.83%) GitLab
11 36 (2.61%) JMeter
12 33 (2.39%) WebDriver
13 29 (2.10%) Appium
14 25 (1.81%) LabVIEW
15 22 (1.60%) SpecFlow
16 19 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
16 19 (1.38%) TestNG
17 18 (1.31%) ClearCase
17 18 (1.31%) Plastic SCM
17 18 (1.31%) SoapUI
General
1 312 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 204 (14.80%) Analytical Skills
3 146 (10.60%) Finance
4 126 (9.14%) Electronics
5 77 (5.59%) Legal
6 62 (4.50%) Retail
7 58 (4.21%) Manufacturing
8 57 (4.14%) Public Sector
9 55 (3.99%) Automotive
10 54 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 43 (3.12%) Aerospace
13 33 (2.39%) Banking
14 29 (2.10%) Marketing
15 24 (1.74%) Law
16 18 (1.31%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.23%) Back Office
17 17 (1.23%) Military
17 17 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (1.02%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 246 (17.85%) Senior
2 217 (15.75%) Developer
3 172 (12.48%) Software Engineer
4 159 (11.54%) Analyst
5 120 (8.71%) Lead
6 113 (8.20%) Tester
7 111 (8.06%) Test Engineer
8 70 (5.08%) Software Tester
9 69 (5.01%) Test Analyst
10 65 (4.72%) Senior Developer
10 65 (4.72%) Software Developer
11 57 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
12 56 (4.06%) Software Test Engineer
13 52 (3.77%) Embedded Engineer
14 51 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
15 47 (3.41%) Architect
16 46 (3.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
17 45 (3.27%) Software Architect
18 42 (3.05%) .NET Developer
19 36 (2.61%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (11.03%) .NET
2 79 (5.73%) HTML
3 73 (5.30%) REST
4 54 (3.92%) Web Services
5 53 (3.85%) React
6 48 (3.48%) XML
7 43 (3.12%) JSON
8 41 (2.98%) CSS
9 38 (2.76%) .NET Framework
10 37 (2.69%) SOAP
11 34 (2.47%) RESTful
12 31 (2.25%) Playwright
13 27 (1.96%) Kafka
14 26 (1.89%) Node.js
15 24 (1.74%) .NET Core
16 21 (1.52%) Spring
17 19 (1.38%) Spring Boot
18 16 (1.16%) ASP.NET
18 16 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
18 16 (1.16%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.53%) Product Ownership
2 84 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (4.86%) Mobile App
4 53 (3.85%) Algorithms
5 51 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.69%) IoT
7 36 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.10%) Embedded Systems
9 25 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
10 24 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 23 (1.67%) Video\Live Streaming
12 22 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.16%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.16%) Driving Licence
15 14 (1.02%) Client/Server
15 14 (1.02%) FPGA
15 14 (1.02%) Robotics
16 11 (0.80%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 172 (12.48%) Linux
2 141 (10.23%) Windows
3 36 (2.61%) Android
4 28 (2.03%) Unix
5 21 (1.52%) Embedded Linux
5 21 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 14 (1.02%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.58%) Debian
9 8 (0.58%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.58%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.36%) Windows Mobile
11 4 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.15%) CentOS
13 2 (0.15%) VMS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (38.90%) Agile
2 438 (31.79%) Test Automation
3 317 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
4 304 (22.06%) Software Engineering
5 247 (17.92%) DevOps
6 220 (15.97%) Computer Science
7 185 (13.43%) CI/CD
8 154 (11.18%) Mentoring
9 141 (10.23%) SDLC
10 136 (9.87%) Test Strategy
11 115 (8.35%) Scrum
12 109 (7.91%) Coaching
12 109 (7.91%) Functional Testing
13 107 (7.76%) Regression Testing
14 103 (7.47%) Test Scripting
15 95 (6.89%) SDET
16 93 (6.75%) Project Management
17 89 (6.46%) User Acceptance Testing
18 88 (6.39%) TDD
19 82 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 239 (17.34%) C#
1 239 (17.34%) Python
2 207 (15.02%) SQL
3 181 (13.13%) Java
4 156 (11.32%) JavaScript
5 149 (10.81%) C
6 90 (6.53%) C++
7 73 (5.30%) TypeScript
8 46 (3.34%) Embedded C
9 44 (3.19%) Bash
10 43 (3.12%) MATLAB
11 27 (1.96%) Fortran
12 26 (1.89%) Perl
12 26 (1.89%) PowerShell
13 23 (1.67%) Groovy
14 18 (1.31%) VB.NET
15 17 (1.23%) Go
15 17 (1.23%) PL/SQL
16 14 (1.02%) Kotlin
17 13 (0.94%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 433 (31.42%) Degree
2 180 (13.06%) Security Cleared
3 119 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 89 (6.46%) ISTQB
5 80 (5.81%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 31 (2.25%) ISEB
7 25 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 21 (1.52%) PhD
11 18 (1.31%) HND
12 15 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.65%) IIBA
14 7 (0.51%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.44%) CSPO
16 5 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
16 5 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 5 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.29%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (18.58%) QA
2 50 (3.63%) GDPR
3 35 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.03%) WCAG
5 23 (1.67%) MISRA
6 14 (1.02%) ISO 26262
7 13 (0.94%) SLA
8 12 (0.87%) Automotive SPICE
8 12 (0.87%) AUTOSAR
9 8 (0.58%) PSD2
10 7 (0.51%) DO-254
10 7 (0.51%) IEC 61508
10 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 6 (0.44%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 5 (0.36%) ITGC
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (5.59%) Firmware
2 76 (5.52%) Docker
3 19 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 18 (1.31%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 9 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.15%) NFS
10 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 78 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.76%) Terraform
3 16 (1.16%) SCCM
4 14 (1.02%) Ansible
5 13 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.73%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.65%) Puppet
8 8 (0.58%) Salt
9 6 (0.44%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (0.36%) Functional Safety
10 5 (0.36%) Wonderware InTouch
11 4 (0.29%) Grafana
12 3 (0.22%) Kibana
13 2 (0.15%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.073%) Consul
14 1 (0.073%) Prometheus
14 1 (0.073%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 211 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 48 (3.48%) Google
2 48 (3.48%) Oracle
3 43 (3.12%) IBM
4 26 (1.89%) VMware
5 20 (1.45%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.31%) Lauterbach
6 18 (1.31%) SAP
7 16 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.02%) HP
9 13 (0.94%) Rockwell
10 12 (0.87%) Adobe
10 12 (0.87%) Siemens
11 11 (0.80%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.80%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.73%) Citrix
13 9 (0.65%) Charles River
14 8 (0.58%) Autodesk
14 8 (0.58%) Duck Creek
14 8 (0.58%) Sage