Software Testing Jobs in Hampshire

Software Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 115 64
Rank change year-on-year +47 -51 -14
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 60 78 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.07% 1.87% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 2.31% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 48 69 103
10th Percentile £35,875 £36,250 £35,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,166 £38,958
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £56,500 £51,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £55,000 £84,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,734 3,377 2,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 88.74% 81.00% 93.32%
Number of salaries quoted 970 2,585 1,872
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £40,700 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Hampshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Hampshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Hampshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Portsmouth +9 15 £55,000 +10.00% 18
Southampton +39 12 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Farnborough +10 7 £36,500 -2.67%
Fareham -9 5 £42,500 -5.56% 8
Gosport - 4 £55,000 -
Petersfield - 4 £55,000 -
Southsea - 4 £55,000 -
Waterlooville - 4 £55,000 -
Andover +15 3 £67,500 +3.85%
Basingstoke +11 2 £47,500 +39.71% 8
Yateley - 1 £60,000 - 3
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (5.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) SAP Business One
1 1 (1.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.67%) SaaS
2 2 (3.33%) Azure
3 1 (1.67%) GCP
3 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (1.67%) Firewall
2 1 (1.67%) LAN
2 1 (1.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (20.00%) MagicDraw
2 8 (13.33%) Git
2 8 (13.33%) Selenium
3 5 (8.33%) JIRA
4 4 (6.67%) SpecFlow
5 3 (5.00%) Cypress.io
6 2 (3.33%) Jenkins
6 2 (3.33%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.67%) JMeter
7 1 (1.67%) Subversion
General
1 6 (10.00%) Aerospace
1 6 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Finance
2 3 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (60.00%) Senior
2 19 (31.67%) Software Engineer
3 17 (28.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (23.33%) Developer
5 13 (21.67%) Senior Developer
6 12 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
6 12 (20.00%) Software Developer
7 9 (15.00%) Test Engineer
8 7 (11.67%) Analyst
8 7 (11.67%) Test Analyst
9 6 (10.00%) Lead
9 6 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) Senior Software Test Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (5.00%) Project Engineer
11 3 (5.00%) Project Leader
11 3 (5.00%) QA Analyst
11 3 (5.00%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (23.33%) XML
2 13 (21.67%) .NET
2 13 (21.67%) .NET Core
3 12 (20.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.67%) GraphQL
5 3 (5.00%) Kafka
5 3 (5.00%) SOAP
6 1 (1.67%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.67%) Node.js
6 1 (1.67%) Playwright
6 1 (1.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.00%) Acoustics
2 3 (5.00%) e-Learning
2 3 (5.00%) FPGA
3 1 (1.67%) CCTV
3 1 (1.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.67%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.67%) SCADA
3 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Linux
2 1 (1.67%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 20 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 19 (31.67%) Software Engineering
4 17 (28.33%) SDLC
5 12 (20.00%) Agile
5 12 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 12 (20.00%) SysML
5 12 (20.00%) UML
6 10 (16.67%) Manual Testing
7 8 (13.33%) Test Strategy
8 7 (11.67%) CI/CD
8 7 (11.67%) Mathematics
8 7 (11.67%) Test Scripting
9 6 (10.00%) Integration Testing
10 5 (8.33%) Defect Management
10 5 (8.33%) Regression Testing
11 4 (6.67%) API Testing
11 4 (6.67%) E-Commerce
11 4 (6.67%) Scenario Testing
11 4 (6.67%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (43.33%) C#
2 13 (21.67%) C++
3 12 (20.00%) Ada
4 9 (15.00%) Python
4 9 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 6 (10.00%) SQL
6 5 (8.33%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.67%) Java
7 4 (6.67%) Rust
8 3 (5.00%) C
8 3 (5.00%) Embedded C
8 3 (5.00%) Embedded C++
8 3 (5.00%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (33.33%) Degree
3 10 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 9 (15.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.67%) CCNA
5 1 (1.67%) CCNP
5 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) QA
2 3 (5.00%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) SCCM
1 1 (1.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (6.67%) VMware
2 3 (5.00%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (1.67%) Cisco
3 1 (1.67%) Citrix
3 1 (1.67%) Google
3 1 (1.67%) HP
3 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.67%) SAP
3 1 (1.67%) Spotify