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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 232 307
Rank change year-on-year -52 +75 -98
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 157 162 175
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.66% 1.33% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.41% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 95 106 134
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,595 £52,125 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £64,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -5.19% +3.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £136,250 £120,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%

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 19,537 11,508 17,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.73% 94.31% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 13,202 7,289 11,614
10th Percentile £40,500 £39,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +2 23 £86,250 +7.81% 10
West London - 10 £30,000 - 2
South London +1 2 £69,501 +36.95% 3
East London - 2 £30,000 - 2
North London -1 1 £45,000 -8.63% 1
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 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.27%) CMS
3 2 (1.27%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) Jupyter
Applications
1 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.82%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.18%) AutoCAD
3 5 (3.18%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.64%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.64%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.84%) Azure
2 33 (21.02%) AWS
3 16 (10.19%) GCP
4 12 (7.64%) GitHub
5 11 (7.01%) Serverless
6 9 (5.73%) Anthropic Claude
6 9 (5.73%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (5.10%) SaaS
8 5 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.55%) Azure Functions
9 4 (2.55%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.91%) Datadog
10 3 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.27%) PaaS
11 2 (1.27%) Tricentis Tosca
12 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.18%) SNMP
2 2 (1.27%) Broadband
2 2 (1.27%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.82%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (3.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.18%) Spark SQL
4 4 (2.55%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.91%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.91%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.27%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.64%) Big Data
7 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (7.64%) Selenium
2 9 (5.73%) Claude Code
2 9 (5.73%) JIRA
3 8 (5.10%) Git
4 6 (3.82%) Postman
4 6 (3.82%) TestRail
4 6 (3.82%) Zephyr
5 5 (3.18%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.55%) Cypress.io
6 4 (2.55%) SpecFlow
6 4 (2.55%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.91%) Gatling
7 3 (1.91%) JMeter
7 3 (1.91%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.27%) GitLab
8 2 (1.27%) JUnit
8 2 (1.27%) Katalon Studio
8 2 (1.27%) TestNG
9 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 48 (30.57%) Finance
1 48 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.38%) Law
4 17 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (10.19%) Banking
6 10 (6.37%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.18%) Back Office
7 5 (3.18%) Publishing
8 4 (2.55%) Front Office
8 4 (2.55%) Health Technology
8 4 (2.55%) Retail
8 4 (2.55%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.91%) Legal
9 3 (1.91%) Marketing
10 2 (1.27%) Games
10 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 51 (32.48%) Senior
2 31 (19.75%) Developer
3 28 (17.83%) Software Engineer
4 22 (14.01%) Software Developer
5 19 (12.10%) Lead
6 18 (11.46%) Tester
7 15 (9.55%) Developer in Test
8 14 (8.92%) Consultant
8 14 (8.92%) Senior Developer
8 14 (8.92%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (7.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 11 (7.01%) Senior Software Developer
9 11 (7.01%) Software Tester
10 9 (5.73%) Development Engineer
10 9 (5.73%) Software Development Engineer
11 8 (5.10%) Lead Software Engineer
11 8 (5.10%) Principal Consultant
11 8 (5.10%) Principal Engineer
11 8 (5.10%) QA Engineer
12 7 (4.46%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.64%) .NET
1 12 (7.64%) Playwright
1 12 (7.64%) React
1 12 (7.64%) REST
2 8 (5.10%) React Native
3 6 (3.82%) JSON
3 6 (3.82%) RESTful
4 5 (3.18%) Node.js
4 5 (3.18%) PySpark
4 5 (3.18%) Swagger
5 3 (1.91%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.91%) Dropwizard
5 3 (1.91%) Micronaut
5 3 (1.91%) pytest
5 3 (1.91%) XML
6 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.27%) Kafka
7 1 (0.64%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (0.64%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.01%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.73%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.10%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (5.10%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (5.10%) Reinsurance
4 7 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.18%) AI Agents
6 5 (3.18%) Mobile Payment
7 4 (2.55%) Blog
7 4 (2.55%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.55%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.91%) CMDB
8 3 (1.91%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.27%) AS400
9 2 (1.27%) iSeries
9 2 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.64%) Windows
2 1 (0.64%) Android
2 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (48.41%) Test Automation
2 62 (39.49%) Software Engineering
3 49 (31.21%) Agile
4 44 (28.03%) AI
5 43 (27.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (26.11%) CI/CD
7 38 (24.20%) Code Quality
8 33 (21.02%) DevOps
9 26 (16.56%) SDET
10 25 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (14.65%) Mentoring
12 21 (13.38%) Analytics
12 21 (13.38%) Decision-Making
13 19 (12.10%) Microservices
13 19 (12.10%) Regression Testing
14 18 (11.46%) Machine Learning
15 17 (10.83%) SDLC
16 16 (10.19%) Data Science
17 15 (9.55%) Manual Testing
17 15 (9.55%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 57 (36.31%) Python
2 26 (16.56%) SQL
3 20 (12.74%) C#
4 16 (10.19%) Java
5 15 (9.55%) TypeScript
6 12 (7.64%) C++
6 12 (7.64%) JavaScript
7 9 (5.73%) Julia
7 9 (5.73%) MATLAB
8 8 (5.10%) R
9 5 (3.18%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.91%) COBOL
11 2 (1.27%) Bash
11 2 (1.27%) Go
11 2 (1.27%) RPG
12 1 (0.64%) C
12 1 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (15.92%) Degree
2 17 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.10%) Master's Degree
5 7 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.46%) PhD
6 4 (2.55%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.55%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.27%) MCSA
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.27%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.27%) PMP
8 1 (0.64%) CIPD
8 1 (0.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (29.30%) QA
2 15 (9.55%) Accessibility
3 14 (8.92%) GDPR
4 11 (7.01%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.91%) WCAG
6 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.27%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.18%) Docker
2 3 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.46%) Terraform
2 6 (3.82%) Grafana
3 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.91%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.10%) Splunk
3 5 (3.18%) Adobe
3 5 (3.18%) Avid
3 5 (3.18%) SolarWinds
4 3 (1.91%) Apple
4 3 (1.91%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.91%) Databricks
4 3 (1.91%) Google
4 3 (1.91%) Oracle
4 3 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.91%) Symantec
4 3 (1.91%) Tenable
4 3 (1.91%) Veeam
4 3 (1.91%) VMware
5 2 (1.27%) HP
5 2 (1.27%) IBM
5 2 (1.27%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.27%) SGI
5 2 (1.27%) Workday