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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 73 125
Rank change year-on-year -111 +52 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,343 4,076 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.58% 4.34% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 4.53% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 1,268 1,861
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £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 72,854 89,915 124,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.97% 95.66% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 53,893 52,961 73,929
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,299
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -58 308 £48,000 -5.84% 99
London -99 304 £72,500 +8.61% 84
North of England -106 272 £55,000 +10.00% 111
Midlands -127 171 £45,000 -1.37% 57
North West -117 153 £55,000 +10.00% 84
South West -80 140 £50,000 +11.11% 43
East of England -46 134 £55,000 -15.38% 70
West Midlands -95 129 £45,000 -6.25% 35
Yorkshire -62 100 £55,000 +10.00% 21
East Midlands -110 42 £49,329 +23.32% 22
North East 0 19 £55,000 -1.79% 6
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 (2.46%) Confluence
2 21 (1.56%) IIS
2 21 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.27%) Apache
5 10 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.52%) WinCC
7 6 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.30%) TWiki
9 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.074%) Moodle
11 1 (0.074%) nginx
11 1 (0.074%) Totara
11 1 (0.074%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.31%) Simulink
3 23 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.71%) Stateflow
4 14 (1.04%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.82%) Revit
6 7 (0.52%) CANalyzer
7 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.30%) Trello
10 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.15%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.52%) BPCS
3 6 (0.45%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.15%) ProductWriter
6 1 (0.074%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.074%) Postilion
6 1 (0.074%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 223 (16.60%) Azure
2 163 (12.14%) AWS
3 73 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (3.95%) SaaS
5 50 (3.72%) GitHub
6 38 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (2.68%) GCP
8 32 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.12%) Power Platform
11 12 (0.89%) Serverless
12 11 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 10 (0.74%) Google Play
14 8 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.60%) Slack
15 7 (0.52%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.52%) IaaS
16 6 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (0.30%) Power Automate
18 3 (0.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.50%) TCP/IP
2 31 (2.31%) Wireless
3 22 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (1.56%) RS-485
5 20 (1.49%) Firewall
6 19 (1.41%) Internet
7 18 (1.34%) Ethernet
7 18 (1.34%) Network Security
8 17 (1.27%) LAN
9 16 (1.19%) 4G
10 15 (1.12%) RS-232
11 14 (1.04%) MQTT
11 14 (1.04%) WAN
12 13 (0.97%) 3G
13 11 (0.82%) J1939
14 8 (0.60%) Modbus
15 6 (0.45%) HTTP
16 5 (0.37%) FlexRay
16 5 (0.37%) Multicast
16 5 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (7.97%) SQL Server
2 40 (2.98%) NoSQL
3 25 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 17 (1.27%) Redis
6 16 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 14 (1.04%) Big Data
7 14 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.04%) OLTP
8 12 (0.89%) DynamoDB
8 12 (0.89%) MySQL
9 11 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (0.60%) Hadoop
11 6 (0.45%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.45%) Flink
11 6 (0.45%) Power BI
12 4 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 168 (12.51%) JIRA
2 143 (10.65%) Selenium
3 80 (5.96%) Git
4 74 (5.51%) Jenkins
5 60 (4.47%) JUnit
6 58 (4.32%) Cucumber
7 46 (3.43%) Postman
7 46 (3.43%) Visual Studio
8 43 (3.20%) JMeter
9 42 (3.13%) Cypress.io
10 38 (2.83%) WebDriver
11 35 (2.61%) GitLab
12 31 (2.31%) Appium
13 26 (1.94%) LabVIEW
14 23 (1.71%) SoapUI
15 21 (1.56%) SpecFlow
16 19 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
16 19 (1.41%) TestNG
17 18 (1.34%) ClearCase
17 18 (1.34%) Plastic SCM
General
1 281 (20.92%) Social Skills
2 204 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (12.14%) Finance
4 124 (9.23%) Electronics
5 59 (4.39%) Public Sector
6 58 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 57 (4.24%) Automotive
7 57 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (4.24%) Manufacturing
8 53 (3.95%) Legal
9 37 (2.76%) Retail
10 36 (2.68%) Aerospace
11 35 (2.61%) Marketing
12 31 (2.31%) Banking
13 24 (1.79%) Law
14 23 (1.71%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.41%) Games
16 18 (1.34%) Back Office
16 18 (1.34%) Military
17 16 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 245 (18.24%) Senior
2 222 (16.53%) Developer
3 168 (12.51%) Software Engineer
4 136 (10.13%) Analyst
5 125 (9.31%) Tester
6 115 (8.56%) Lead
7 103 (7.67%) Test Engineer
8 74 (5.51%) Software Tester
9 69 (5.14%) Test Analyst
10 66 (4.91%) Software Developer
11 62 (4.62%) Senior Developer
12 54 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 52 (3.87%) Software Test Engineer
13 52 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
14 47 (3.50%) .NET Developer
15 46 (3.43%) Embedded Engineer
16 44 (3.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
17 42 (3.13%) Support Engineer
18 39 (2.90%) QA Engineer
19 36 (2.68%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (11.76%) .NET
2 76 (5.66%) REST
3 75 (5.58%) HTML
4 65 (4.84%) Web Services
5 57 (4.24%) React
6 47 (3.50%) JSON
7 45 (3.35%) SOAP
8 44 (3.28%) .NET Framework
9 42 (3.13%) XML
10 41 (3.05%) CSS
11 37 (2.76%) RESTful
12 31 (2.31%) Node.js
13 30 (2.23%) .NET Core
13 30 (2.23%) Playwright
14 29 (2.16%) Kafka
15 23 (1.71%) Spring
16 21 (1.56%) Spring Boot
17 20 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (1.34%) WireMock
19 17 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 84 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 83 (6.18%) Product Ownership
3 67 (4.99%) Mobile App
4 61 (4.54%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 37 (2.76%) IoT
7 30 (2.23%) Embedded Systems
8 25 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
9 24 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
10 23 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.34%) Driving Licence
13 16 (1.19%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.12%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.12%) Robotics
15 14 (1.04%) Clustering
15 14 (1.04%) e-Learning
15 14 (1.04%) Hedge funds
15 14 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 159 (11.84%) Linux
2 141 (10.50%) Windows
3 36 (2.68%) Android
4 28 (2.08%) Unix
5 19 (1.41%) Windows Server
6 18 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.34%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.89%) Windows 7
10 8 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
11 7 (0.52%) Debian
12 5 (0.37%) Windows Mobile
13 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.15%) VMS
15 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.15%) zOS
16 1 (0.074%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (37.97%) Agile
2 448 (33.36%) Test Automation
3 316 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 303 (22.56%) Software Engineering
5 208 (15.49%) Computer Science
6 204 (15.19%) DevOps
7 179 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 159 (11.84%) Mentoring
9 142 (10.57%) Test Strategy
10 126 (9.38%) Scrum
11 120 (8.94%) Functional Testing
11 120 (8.94%) SDLC
12 107 (7.97%) Regression Testing
13 104 (7.74%) SDET
14 103 (7.67%) Project Management
14 103 (7.67%) Test Scripting
15 100 (7.45%) TDD
16 95 (7.07%) Coaching
16 95 (7.07%) User Acceptance Testing
17 80 (5.96%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 245 (18.24%) C#
2 222 (16.53%) Python
3 217 (16.16%) SQL
4 196 (14.59%) Java
5 162 (12.06%) JavaScript
6 146 (10.87%) C
7 82 (6.11%) C++
8 74 (5.51%) TypeScript
9 44 (3.28%) MATLAB
10 42 (3.13%) Bash
11 41 (3.05%) Embedded C
12 29 (2.16%) Perl
13 26 (1.94%) PowerShell
14 22 (1.64%) Fortran
15 21 (1.56%) Groovy
16 19 (1.41%) PL/SQL
17 18 (1.34%) VB.NET
18 17 (1.27%) Go
18 17 (1.27%) Ruby
19 16 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 401 (29.86%) Degree
2 185 (13.78%) Security Cleared
3 117 (8.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 87 (6.48%) SC Cleared
5 84 (6.25%) ISTQB
6 33 (2.46%) ISEB
7 29 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.56%) PhD
11 18 (1.34%) HND
12 14 (1.04%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.89%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.67%) IIBA
15 7 (0.52%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.45%) CSPO
17 5 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
17 5 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 5 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (17.57%) QA
2 58 (4.32%) GDPR
3 36 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 28 (2.08%) WCAG
5 25 (1.86%) MISRA
6 15 (1.12%) ISO 26262
7 12 (0.89%) Automotive SPICE
7 12 (0.89%) AUTOSAR
8 11 (0.82%) SLA
9 10 (0.74%) ITGC
10 8 (0.60%) PSD2
11 7 (0.52%) DO-254
11 7 (0.52%) IEC 61508
11 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 6 (0.45%) Def Stans
13 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 5 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
14 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 3 (0.22%) PMO
16 2 (0.15%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 85 (6.33%) Docker
2 76 (5.66%) Firmware
3 19 (1.41%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
4 14 (1.04%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.15%) NFS
9 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.074%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 80 (5.96%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.05%) Terraform
3 20 (1.49%) SCCM
4 17 (1.27%) Ansible
5 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.97%) Progress Chef
5 13 (0.97%) Puppet
6 11 (0.82%) Salt
7 7 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (0.37%) Functional Safety
8 5 (0.37%) Wonderware InTouch
9 3 (0.22%) Consul
10 2 (0.15%) Grafana
11 1 (0.074%) Control-M
11 1 (0.074%) Kibana
11 1 (0.074%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.074%) Packer
11 1 (0.074%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 209 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.50%) Google
3 44 (3.28%) Oracle
4 43 (3.20%) IBM
5 30 (2.23%) VMware
6 21 (1.56%) SAP
7 18 (1.34%) HP
7 18 (1.34%) Lauterbach
8 16 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.12%) Adobe
10 12 (0.89%) Charles River
11 11 (0.82%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.82%) Autodesk
11 11 (0.82%) Rockwell
12 10 (0.74%) Citrix
12 10 (0.74%) Siemens
13 8 (0.60%) Duck Creek
13 8 (0.60%) Sage
14 7 (0.52%) OpenAI