Software Testing Job Trends in Fareham

Software Testing
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 31 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Fareham 1.39% 3.09% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 4.35% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -35.71%
75th Percentile £60,000 £45,313 £47,500
90th Percentile - £57,125 £49,750
Hampshire median annual salary £38,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.19% +16.67% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 233 138 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fareham 80.90% 71.13% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 152 82 84
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,125 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 -
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Fareham.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Fareham

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Fareham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (50.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Physics
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9000
1 2 (50.00%) JTAG
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware