Software Tester Jobs in England

Software Tester
UK > England

The median Software Tester salary in England is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 435 897
Rank change year-on-year -322 +462 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 74 636 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.70% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.77% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 60 76 141
10th Percentile - £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £44,750 £52,813 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £68,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,041 82,556 127,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,522 52,365 74,626
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in England.

Salary trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
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 Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England -143 21 £35,000 +3.70% 7
South East -20 16 £45,000 - 1
North West -122 16 £37,500 +15.38% 1
East of England -21 15 £27,500 -29.49% 2
London +5 14 £44,500 -8.72% 4
Midlands -138 6 £34,750 +5.30% 1
Yorkshire +9 5 £30,000 -50.82% 5
East Midlands -49 4 £46,000 +39.39%
South West -44 2 £32,500 -21.21% 3
West Midlands -87 2 £32,500 +18.18% 1
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 73 (98.65%) Software Testing
2 45 (60.81%) Test Automation
3 27 (36.49%) Agile
4 25 (33.78%) QA
5 20 (27.03%) C#
6 19 (25.68%) Degree
6 19 (25.68%) SDLC
6 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
7 18 (24.32%) Computer Science
8 15 (20.27%) Selenium
8 15 (20.27%) Test Scripting
8 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (17.57%) JIRA
11 12 (16.22%) ISTQB
11 12 (16.22%) .NET
11 12 (16.22%) Manual Testing
11 12 (16.22%) Azure
11 12 (16.22%) DevOps
12 11 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (14.86%) Code Quality
13 10 (13.51%) Exploratory Testing
13 10 (13.51%) Finance
14 9 (12.16%) Validation
14 9 (12.16%) API Testing
14 9 (12.16%) Virtual Machines
15 8 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
15 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
15 8 (10.81%) Software Engineering
15 8 (10.81%) SQL Server

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.22%) Azure
2 7 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (6.76%) SaaS
4 1 (1.35%) AWS
4 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.35%) GitHub
4 1 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) Internet
2 2 (2.70%) HTTP
2 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (20.27%) Selenium
2 13 (17.57%) JIRA
3 5 (6.76%) SpecFlow
4 4 (5.41%) Postman
5 2 (2.70%) Appium
5 2 (2.70%) eggPlant
5 2 (2.70%) Git
5 2 (2.70%) SoapUI
5 2 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.70%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.35%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.35%) JMeter
6 1 (1.35%) JUnit
6 1 (1.35%) NeoLoad
6 1 (1.35%) TestNG
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (13.51%) Finance
4 7 (9.46%) Legal
5 5 (6.76%) Automotive
6 4 (5.41%) Retail
7 3 (4.05%) Billing
7 3 (4.05%) Law
7 3 (4.05%) Marketing
7 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Back Office
8 2 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.22%) .NET
2 5 (6.76%) RESTful
3 4 (5.41%) JSON
3 4 (5.41%) Playwright
3 4 (5.41%) Web Services
4 3 (4.05%) REST
4 3 (4.05%) SOAP
5 2 (2.70%) CSS
5 2 (2.70%) HTML
6 1 (1.35%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.35%) EDI
6 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.76%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.35%) FMCG
5 1 (1.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Android
1 4 (5.41%) Apple iOS
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (98.65%) Software Testing
2 45 (60.81%) Test Automation
3 27 (36.49%) Agile
4 19 (25.68%) SDLC
5 18 (24.32%) Computer Science
6 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (20.27%) Test Scripting
7 12 (16.22%) DevOps
7 12 (16.22%) Manual Testing
8 11 (14.86%) Code Quality
9 10 (13.51%) Exploratory Testing
10 9 (12.16%) API Testing
10 9 (12.16%) Validation
11 8 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (10.81%) Software Engineering
12 7 (9.46%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (9.46%) Mathematics
13 6 (8.11%) CI/CD
13 6 (8.11%) Regression Testing
13 6 (8.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.03%) C#
2 8 (10.81%) Python
3 6 (8.11%) SQL
4 5 (6.76%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.70%) Bash
5 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) Degree
2 14 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (16.22%) ISTQB
4 5 (6.76%) ISEB
5 2 (2.70%) HND
5 2 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (33.78%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.35%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft