Software Tester Jobs in Guildford

Software Tester
Surrey > Guildford

The median Software Tester salary in Guildford is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 4 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 3.85% 1.97% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 2.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 0
10th Percentile - £45,000 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £48,750 £45,500 £76,250
% change year-on-year +7.14% -40.33% +60.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 98 329 385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 92.42% 97.72%
Number of salaries quoted 82 305 249
10th Percentile £31,600 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,563 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +8.11%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Guildford

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Guildford

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in Guildford

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Guildford region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) WPF
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Appium
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 2 (50.00%) gRPC
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Blazor
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Appium
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (50.00%) Blazor
2 2 (50.00%) gRPC
2 2 (50.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA