Software Testing Jobs in Hampshire

Software Testing
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 67 58
Rank change year-on-year -49 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 77 127 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.99% 4.25% 5.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 4.56% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 69 98 161
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,166 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £51,250 £66,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,000 £72,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,190 2,784 4,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.60% 93.17% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 1,913 3,579
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,825 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 18 April 2024.

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 18 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
Fareham +12 35 £45,000 - 2
Southampton -17 21 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Portsmouth +12 9 £50,000 -11.11% 3
Eastleigh -7 3 £49,000 +22.50% 1
Farnborough +3 2 £37,500 - 1
Basingstoke -3 1 £34,000 - 5
Winchester - 1 £50,000 -
Andover - 1 £65,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.90%) Apache
1 3 (3.90%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.57%) SaaS
2 13 (16.88%) Azure
3 5 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.60%) AWS
4 2 (2.60%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) RS-232
1 3 (3.90%) RS-485
1 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
1 3 (3.90%) Wireshark
2 2 (2.60%) DHCP
2 2 (2.60%) DNS
2 2 (2.60%) VSAT
3 1 (1.30%) Network Security
3 1 (1.30%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 22 (28.57%) Selenium
2 8 (10.39%) JIRA
3 5 (6.49%) Cypress.io
3 5 (6.49%) SpecFlow
4 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.90%) GitLab
5 3 (3.90%) Hudson
5 3 (3.90%) TestRail
6 2 (2.60%) JMeter
6 2 (2.60%) Postman
6 2 (2.60%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.30%) JUnit
7 1 (1.30%) Maven
7 1 (1.30%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.30%) Sourcetree
7 1 (1.30%) TestNG
General
1 28 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
2 19 (24.68%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.88%) Social Skills
4 11 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.79%) Finance
6 5 (6.49%) Electronics
7 3 (3.90%) Aviation
7 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.30%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (23.38%) Test Engineer
2 15 (19.48%) Lead
3 14 (18.18%) Analyst
3 14 (18.18%) Consultant
3 14 (18.18%) ERP Consultant
3 14 (18.18%) ERP Implementation Consultant
3 14 (18.18%) Implementation Consultant
4 13 (16.88%) Software Test Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Test Analyst
6 11 (14.29%) QA Analyst
7 9 (11.69%) QA Test Analyst
7 9 (11.69%) Test Leader
8 8 (10.39%) QA Leader
8 8 (10.39%) Software Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Lead Software Engineer
9 6 (7.79%) Tester
10 4 (5.19%) Senior
11 3 (3.90%) Automation Test Analyst
11 3 (3.90%) Product Tester
11 3 (3.90%) QA Automation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) .NET
1 4 (5.19%) JSON
1 4 (5.19%) WPF
1 4 (5.19%) XML
2 3 (3.90%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.90%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.90%) CSS
2 3 (3.90%) Django
2 3 (3.90%) HTML
2 3 (3.90%) Node.js
2 3 (3.90%) Qt
2 3 (3.90%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (3.90%) React
2 3 (3.90%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (3.90%) WebSockets
2 3 (3.90%) ZeroMQ
3 2 (2.60%) SOAP
4 1 (1.30%) Middleware
4 1 (1.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.79%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.19%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.90%) Robotics
6 2 (2.60%) CCTV
6 2 (2.60%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.18%) Windows
2 6 (7.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Test Automation
2 23 (29.87%) Test Strategy
3 19 (24.68%) E-Commerce
3 19 (24.68%) Web Testing
4 18 (23.38%) Agile
5 17 (22.08%) Software Engineering
6 15 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (18.18%) Budget Management
7 14 (18.18%) ERP
8 13 (16.88%) Test Scripting
9 12 (15.58%) Business Process Analysis
9 12 (15.58%) Manual Testing
9 12 (15.58%) Project Planning
10 11 (14.29%) Project Management
10 11 (14.29%) User Experience
10 11 (14.29%) Web Development
11 9 (11.69%) DevOps
11 9 (11.69%) Human Resource Management
11 9 (11.69%) Time Management
12 8 (10.39%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (31.17%) C#
2 23 (29.87%) SQL
3 16 (20.78%) JavaScript
3 16 (20.78%) Python
4 13 (16.88%) C
5 10 (12.99%) Embedded C
6 9 (11.69%) C++
7 3 (3.90%) Bash
7 3 (3.90%) Go
7 3 (3.90%) Scala
8 2 (2.60%) Java
9 1 (1.30%) Ada
9 1 (1.30%) Embedded C++
9 1 (1.30%) Groovy
9 1 (1.30%) Perl
9 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.30%) Ruby
9 1 (1.30%) Rust
9 1 (1.30%) VB
9 1 (1.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (31.17%) ISTQB
2 20 (25.97%) Degree
3 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.39%) ISEB
5 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (41.56%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) SLA
3 1 (1.30%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (10.39%) Oracle
1 8 (10.39%) Sage
1 8 (10.39%) SAP
2 6 (7.79%) Epicor
3 3 (3.90%) Atlassian
3 3 (3.90%) Databricks
4 1 (1.30%) Parasoft