Software Testing Jobs in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 74 50
Rank change year-on-year -39 -24 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 22 57 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.25% 4.00% 6.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 4.11% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 47
10th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +24.33% +16.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £69,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,125 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,541 1,388 1,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 87.76% 97.40% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 546 739
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.53%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Filton -5 6 - - 1
Cheltenham -16 4 £47,500 -15.18% 5
Gloucester -20 4 £50,000 -16.67%
Tewkesbury - 2 £52,500 - 1
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) TestRail
2 2 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 6 (27.27%) Aviation
2 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Military
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Developer
1 7 (31.82%) Software Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Graduate Software Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Java Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) QA Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Quality Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Report Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Software Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) Entity Framework
1 1 (4.55%) Hibernate
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) Spring
1 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 7 (31.82%) Test Automation
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 6 (27.27%) Digital Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) Line Management
3 6 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Server Management
3 6 (27.27%) Technical Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) API Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Performance Testing
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) Test Management
5 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
5 3 (13.64%) User Stories
6 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C#
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) C++
3 2 (9.09%) Ada
3 2 (9.09%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) C
3 2 (9.09%) Embedded C
3 2 (9.09%) Embedded C++
3 2 (9.09%) Groovy
3 2 (9.09%) Java
3 2 (9.09%) Perl
3 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.09%) Ruby
3 2 (9.09%) Rust
3 2 (9.09%) SQL
4 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) DV Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) DO-254
2 2 (9.09%) MISRA
3 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) Peregrine