Software Tester Job Trends in the Isle of Wight

Software Tester
South East > Isle of Wight

The median Software Tester salary in the Isle of Wight is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Isle of Wight 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 - -
75th Percentile £41,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £43,250 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.50% - +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Isle of Wight

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Isle of Wight. 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 the Isle of Wight with a recognized job title 107 17 6
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 79 2 4
10th Percentile £39,500 £55,500 £38,275
25th Percentile £41,750 £56,250 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +7.48% +30.49%
75th Percentile £73,000 £58,750 £55,400
90th Percentile £75,900 £59,500 £55,670
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight.

Software Tester job vacancy trend in the Isle of Wight

Software Tester
Salary Trend in the Isle of Wight

Salary distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in the Isle of Wight.

Salary distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in the Isle of Wight

Software Tester
Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Cowes - 1 £40,500 - 2
Software Tester
South East

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Isle of Wight

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Isle of Wight region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA