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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 180 85
Rank change year-on-year +5 -95 +21
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 942 1,409 3,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.94% 1.59% 3.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.88% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 497 1,050 1,122
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £39,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £51,020 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -7.24% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,100 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,560 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.12% -9.09% +4.27%

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 45,650 74,784 82,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.04% 84.16% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22,641 54,521 49,313
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,334
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +96 351 £44,500 -1.11% 308
West Midlands +96 230 £19,202 -57.33% 159
South East +5 203 £60,000 +22.45% 444
London +7 163 £65,000 -7.14% 264
North of England -62 132 £57,560 +4.65% 332
East Midlands +63 121 £48,000 +1.77% 131
North West -68 85 £57,560 +4.65% 160
South West +43 58 £55,000 +10.00% 204
Yorkshire -3 41 £32,250 -41.36% 125
East of England -56 31 £53,000 -3.64% 208
North East +31 6 £40,000 -27.27% 50
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 17 (1.80%) Confluence
2 9 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.74%) WinCC
4 5 (0.53%) Apache
5 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.21%) Appian
7 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) Traefik
Applications
1 209 (22.19%) Simulink
2 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.74%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.11%) Endur
2 1 (0.11%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (10.19%) AWS
2 74 (7.86%) Azure
3 47 (4.99%) SaaS
4 35 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (2.55%) GCP
5 24 (2.55%) Serverless
6 22 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
7 17 (1.80%) GitHub
8 16 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (1.38%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.06%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.42%) Amazon SageMaker
13 4 (0.42%) Figma
13 4 (0.42%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.27%) LTE
2 11 (1.17%) 5G
2 11 (1.17%) Bluetooth
2 11 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (0.64%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.42%) HTTP
5 4 (0.42%) Profibus
5 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.32%) Firewall
6 3 (0.32%) Internet
6 3 (0.32%) VPN
7 2 (0.21%) DHCP
7 2 (0.21%) DNS
7 2 (0.21%) Network Security
8 1 (0.11%) BGP
8 1 (0.11%) ICMP
8 1 (0.11%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.11%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (1.70%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.59%) OLTP
6 14 (1.49%) DynamoDB
6 14 (1.49%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.17%) MySQL
7 11 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.85%) Redis
9 7 (0.74%) Power BI
10 6 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.42%) Big Data
12 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.21%) Couchbase
14 2 (0.21%) Hazelcast
14 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 87 (9.24%) JIRA
2 67 (7.11%) Git
3 65 (6.90%) Selenium
4 29 (3.08%) Cypress.io
5 27 (2.87%) Jenkins
6 26 (2.76%) Postman
7 22 (2.34%) JMeter
8 21 (2.23%) eggPlant
9 17 (1.80%) SpecFlow
10 16 (1.70%) Appium
11 15 (1.59%) IntelliJ
11 15 (1.59%) JUnit
12 14 (1.49%) MagicDraw
13 11 (1.17%) NUnit
13 11 (1.17%) SoapUI
13 11 (1.17%) WebDriver
14 10 (1.06%) Cucumber
14 10 (1.06%) TestRail
15 9 (0.96%) LoadRunner
16 8 (0.85%) Maven
General
1 258 (27.39%) Aerospace
2 207 (21.97%) Automotive
3 182 (19.32%) Social Skills
4 90 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (6.79%) Finance
6 38 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (2.87%) Law
9 26 (2.76%) Banking
10 16 (1.70%) Publishing
11 15 (1.59%) Electronics
11 15 (1.59%) Health Technology
11 15 (1.59%) Tech for Good
12 13 (1.38%) Legal
12 13 (1.38%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.17%) Games
14 10 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.06%) Retail
15 9 (0.96%) Marketing
16 8 (0.85%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 255 (27.07%) Senior
2 214 (22.72%) Software Engineer
3 137 (14.54%) Principal Engineer
4 122 (12.95%) Systems Engineer
5 106 (11.25%) Lead
6 105 (11.15%) Developer
7 103 (10.93%) Development Engineer
7 103 (10.93%) Software Development Engineer
8 97 (10.30%) Senior Software Engineer
9 86 (9.13%) Test Engineer
10 68 (7.22%) Analyst
11 64 (6.79%) Principal Software Engineer
11 64 (6.79%) Software Test Engineer
12 63 (6.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 59 (6.26%) Senior Developer
14 51 (5.41%) Senior Test Engineer
15 48 (5.10%) Senior Software Test Engineer
16 43 (4.56%) Software Developer
16 43 (4.56%) Test Analyst
17 38 (4.03%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (7.43%) React
2 67 (7.11%) .NET
3 41 (4.35%) HTML
4 40 (4.25%) REST
5 36 (3.82%) XML
6 35 (3.72%) RESTful
7 29 (3.08%) Playwright
8 28 (2.97%) .NET Core
8 28 (2.97%) ASP.NET
9 27 (2.87%) Kafka
9 27 (2.87%) Node.js
10 24 (2.55%) SOAP
11 23 (2.44%) Web Services
12 21 (2.23%) Swagger
13 19 (2.02%) AngularJS
13 19 (2.02%) CSS
14 15 (1.59%) .NET Framework
15 14 (1.49%) GraphQL
16 13 (1.38%) Qt
17 12 (1.27%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.46%) Mobile App
2 35 (3.72%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.23%) Cloud Native
5 16 (1.70%) Acoustics
5 16 (1.70%) Robotics
6 15 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (1.49%) EPoS
8 13 (1.38%) SCADA
9 11 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.17%) IoT
9 11 (1.17%) NB-IoT
10 10 (1.06%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.74%) FPGA
12 5 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.53%) Mobile Games
12 5 (0.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.37%) Linux
2 59 (6.26%) Windows
3 27 (2.87%) Android
4 18 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.59%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.27%) Unix
7 3 (0.32%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (61.04%) Agile
2 366 (38.85%) Software Engineering
3 302 (32.06%) Test Automation
4 291 (30.89%) Validation
5 219 (23.25%) SDLC
6 217 (23.04%) Systems Engineering
7 171 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (17.41%) Waterfall
9 146 (15.50%) Computer Science
10 113 (12.00%) CI/CD
11 94 (9.98%) Mathematics
12 82 (8.70%) Scrum
13 76 (8.07%) Code Quality
14 75 (7.96%) DevOps
15 74 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 73 (7.75%) Manual Testing
17 69 (7.32%) Regression Testing
18 68 (7.22%) UML
19 60 (6.37%) Verification and Validation
20 58 (6.16%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 208 (22.08%) MATLAB
2 160 (16.99%) Python
3 150 (15.92%) SQL
4 148 (15.71%) Java
5 115 (12.21%) C#
6 97 (10.30%) JavaScript
7 63 (6.69%) C++
8 62 (6.58%) TypeScript
9 37 (3.93%) C
10 35 (3.72%) Rust
11 28 (2.97%) Ada
12 26 (2.76%) Bash
13 25 (2.65%) PL/SQL
14 15 (1.59%) PowerShell
15 11 (1.17%) Fortran
16 7 (0.74%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.64%) Scala
17 6 (0.64%) Swift
18 5 (0.53%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 400 (42.46%) BPSS Clearance
2 341 (36.20%) Degree
3 63 (6.69%) ISTQB
4 49 (5.20%) Security Cleared
5 39 (4.14%) Master's Degree
5 39 (4.14%) SC Cleared
6 26 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.76%) PhD
7 19 (2.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 15 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
10 11 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 11 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (0.74%) AWS Certification
12 6 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.64%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.53%) ISEB
14 4 (0.42%) CISSP
15 3 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (14.44%) QA
2 42 (4.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 11 (1.17%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.64%) Def Stans
4 6 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
5 4 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.32%) GDPR
6 3 (0.32%) NIST
6 3 (0.32%) PMBOK
6 3 (0.32%) WCAG
7 2 (0.21%) GxP
7 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.21%) SLA
8 1 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.11%) COBIT
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 43 (4.56%) Docker
2 11 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (1.17%) vSphere
3 5 (0.53%) Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) HDFS
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.91%) Terraform
3 14 (1.49%) Ansible
4 11 (1.17%) Puppet
5 9 (0.96%) Argo
6 7 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.32%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.32%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.11%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 98 (10.40%) Siemens
2 70 (7.43%) Microsoft
3 67 (7.11%) Oracle
4 21 (2.23%) Keysight
4 21 (2.23%) VMware
5 18 (1.91%) Zoho
6 15 (1.59%) Google
7 9 (0.96%) UiPath
8 6 (0.64%) Rockwell
9 5 (0.53%) New Relic
9 5 (0.53%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.53%) Xilinx
10 4 (0.42%) Allen-Bradley
10 4 (0.42%) Databricks
10 4 (0.42%) IBM
10 4 (0.42%) Splunk
11 3 (0.32%) AVEVA
12 2 (0.21%) Dynatrace