Software Testing Job Trends in London

Software Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 247 196
Rank change year-on-year -30 -51 -59
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 116 167 341
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.70% 1.21% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.26% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 101 113 280
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £110,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,052 13,238 20,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.34% 96.17% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,103 7,706 15,940
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
Central London -9 28 £120,000 +100.00% 20
West London -6 6 £31,250 +4.17% 13
East London - 2 £30,000 - 13
South London +29 1 - - 2
North London +3 1 £45,000 -25.00% 2
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.86%) Confluence
1 1 (0.86%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.59%) AWS
2 26 (22.41%) Azure
3 13 (11.21%) GCP
3 13 (11.21%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.48%) BrowserStack
5 7 (6.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.45%) Serverless
8 3 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.59%) GitHub
9 2 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.72%) SaaS
10 1 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.86%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.86%) Datadog
10 1 (0.86%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.86%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.03%) Power BI
3 4 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.45%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.59%) Spark SQL
4 3 (2.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.72%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.72%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.86%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (15.52%) Selenium
2 10 (8.62%) JIRA
2 10 (8.62%) SpecFlow
2 10 (8.62%) WebDriver
3 6 (5.17%) Postman
4 5 (4.31%) Cucumber
4 5 (4.31%) Git
4 5 (4.31%) SoapUI
5 4 (3.45%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.45%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.59%) JBehave
6 3 (2.59%) JUnit
6 3 (2.59%) NUnit
7 2 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.72%) TestNG
7 2 (1.72%) TestRail
7 2 (1.72%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.86%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.86%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.86%) REST Assured
General
1 45 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 33 (28.45%) Finance
3 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.31%) Banking
5 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.31%) Law
6 3 (2.59%) Marketing
7 2 (1.72%) Games
8 1 (0.86%) Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.86%) Legal
8 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (23.28%) Lead
1 27 (23.28%) Software Engineer
2 19 (16.38%) Development Engineer
2 19 (16.38%) Software Development Engineer
2 19 (16.38%) Test Development Engineer
3 16 (13.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 14 (12.07%) Tester
5 12 (10.34%) Developer
6 9 (7.76%) QA Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Senior
7 8 (6.90%) Software Developer
8 7 (6.03%) Analyst
9 6 (5.17%) Python Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) Python Software Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) Software Tester
9 6 (5.17%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) Java Engineer
10 5 (4.31%) Test Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Test Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.45%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.55%) .NET
2 18 (15.52%) React
3 17 (14.66%) Node.js
4 11 (9.48%) Playwright
5 9 (7.76%) XML
6 6 (5.17%) REST
7 5 (4.31%) JSON
7 5 (4.31%) Spring
8 4 (3.45%) HTML
9 3 (2.59%) PySpark
9 3 (2.59%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.72%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.72%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.72%) CSS
10 2 (1.72%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.72%) SOAP
11 1 (0.86%) ADO
11 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.86%) jQuery
11 1 (0.86%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.66%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) AS400
5 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.86%) IoT
5 1 (0.86%) iSeries
5 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.86%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (54.31%) Test Automation
2 59 (50.86%) Agile
3 48 (41.38%) CI/CD
4 46 (39.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (30.17%) Software Delivery
6 30 (25.86%) Computer Science
7 28 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (21.55%) SDET
9 23 (19.83%) Manual Testing
10 20 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (16.38%) Full-Stack Development
11 19 (16.38%) Scrum
11 19 (16.38%) User Experience
12 18 (15.52%) Defect Management
12 18 (15.52%) Fintech
13 17 (14.66%) Non-Functional Testing
14 16 (13.79%) Clean Code
14 16 (13.79%) Software Engineering
15 15 (12.93%) DevOps
15 15 (12.93%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.31%) Java
2 28 (24.14%) JavaScript
3 26 (22.41%) TypeScript
4 24 (20.69%) SQL
5 17 (14.66%) C#
5 17 (14.66%) Python
6 2 (1.72%) Bash
6 2 (1.72%) C++
6 2 (1.72%) COBOL
6 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.86%) Perl
7 1 (0.86%) PHP
7 1 (0.86%) Rust
7 1 (0.86%) Scala
7 1 (0.86%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (36.21%) Degree
2 25 (21.55%) ISTQB
3 13 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.76%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.31%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.59%) ISEB
7 3 (2.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.86%) CIPD
9 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.86%) PhD
9 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (27.59%) QA
2 13 (11.21%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.17%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.86%) Docker
1 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.86%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.59%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.59%) Terraform
2 1 (0.86%) Ansible
2 1 (0.86%) Istio
Vendors
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.31%) HP
3 4 (3.45%) Siebel
4 2 (1.72%) SAP
5 1 (0.86%) Civica
5 1 (0.86%) Databricks
5 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.86%) Google
5 1 (0.86%) OpenText
5 1 (0.86%) Oracle
5 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.86%) VMware