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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 237 253
Rank change year-on-year -24 +16 -111
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 148 165 287
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.72% 1.33% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.39% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 106 126 238
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,939 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £92,813 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £137,500 £96,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £51,259
% change year-on-year +1.85% +5.35% -6.80%

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 16,742 11,907 21,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.36% 96.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,266 7,268 15,910
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,750 £51,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -13 24 £105,000 +55.56% 9
West London -4 13 £30,000 -
East London - 2 £30,000 - 4
North London +2 1 £45,000 -35.71% 3
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 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.35%) CMS
2 2 (1.35%) Confluence
2 2 (1.35%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (3.38%) AutoCAD
1 5 (3.38%) DaVinci Resolve
1 5 (3.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.68%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 43 (29.05%) AWS
2 37 (25.00%) Azure
3 18 (12.16%) GCP
4 9 (6.08%) BrowserStack
5 8 (5.41%) GitHub
5 8 (5.41%) Serverless
6 7 (4.73%) Anthropic Claude
6 7 (4.73%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.35%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.35%) SaaS
9 2 (1.35%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.68%) BlazeMeter
10 1 (0.68%) PaaS
10 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.68%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) SNMP
2 2 (1.35%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (4.05%) Spark SQL
2 5 (3.38%) DynamoDB
2 5 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.68%) Big Data
5 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.11%) Selenium
2 10 (6.76%) JIRA
3 8 (5.41%) SpecFlow
3 8 (5.41%) WebDriver
4 7 (4.73%) Claude Code
5 5 (3.38%) TestRail
6 4 (2.70%) Cucumber
6 4 (2.70%) Git
6 4 (2.70%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.03%) JBehave
7 3 (2.03%) JUnit
7 3 (2.03%) Postman
7 3 (2.03%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.35%) TestNG
9 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.68%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.68%) Subversion
9 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.00%) Finance
3 16 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.14%) Law
5 12 (8.11%) Banking
6 7 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.70%) Health Technology
8 4 (2.70%) Publishing
8 4 (2.70%) Tech for Good
9 3 (2.03%) Retail
10 2 (1.35%) Back Office
10 2 (1.35%) Games
10 2 (1.35%) Legal
10 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Electronics
11 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.68%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (25.00%) Senior
2 33 (22.30%) Software Engineer
3 27 (18.24%) Development Engineer
3 27 (18.24%) Software Development Engineer
4 22 (14.86%) Test Development Engineer
5 21 (14.19%) Tester
6 16 (10.81%) Developer
7 13 (8.78%) Lead
8 12 (8.11%) Senior Software Engineer
8 12 (8.11%) Software Tester
9 11 (7.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) Consultant
10 9 (6.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (6.08%) Principal Consultant
10 9 (6.08%) Software Developer
11 8 (5.41%) Senior Developer
11 8 (5.41%) Senior Development Engineer
11 8 (5.41%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 8 (5.41%) Test Manager
12 7 (4.73%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.19%) .NET
2 17 (11.49%) React
3 13 (8.78%) Node.js
4 9 (6.08%) Playwright
5 7 (4.73%) REST
6 6 (4.05%) PySpark
7 5 (3.38%) JSON
7 5 (3.38%) React Native
7 5 (3.38%) Swagger
7 5 (3.38%) XML
8 4 (2.70%) RESTful
9 2 (1.35%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.35%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.35%) HTML
9 2 (1.35%) SOAP
10 1 (0.68%) Kafka
10 1 (0.68%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.68%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (0.68%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.43%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.38%) Mobile Payment
4 4 (2.70%) Blog
5 3 (2.03%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.03%) AS400
5 3 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.03%) iSeries
6 2 (1.35%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.35%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.68%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.68%) LPAR
7 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.05%) Windows
2 2 (1.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (53.38%) Test Automation
2 47 (31.76%) Agile
3 38 (25.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 33 (22.30%) Software Engineering
6 30 (20.27%) AI
7 28 (18.92%) DevOps
7 28 (18.92%) SDET
8 27 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (17.57%) Software Delivery
10 20 (13.51%) Computer Science
11 18 (12.16%) Microservices
11 18 (12.16%) Scrum
12 17 (11.49%) Code Quality
12 17 (11.49%) Fintech
12 17 (11.49%) Non-Functional Testing
13 16 (10.81%) Full-Stack Development
13 16 (10.81%) Manual Testing
13 16 (10.81%) TDD
14 15 (10.14%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.62%) Python
2 28 (18.92%) TypeScript
3 26 (17.57%) Java
4 25 (16.89%) JavaScript
5 21 (14.19%) SQL
6 18 (12.16%) C#
7 6 (4.05%) C++
8 3 (2.03%) COBOL
8 3 (2.03%) Julia
8 3 (2.03%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.03%) R
9 2 (1.35%) Go
9 2 (1.35%) RPG
10 1 (0.68%) Bash
10 1 (0.68%) C
10 1 (0.68%) Perl
10 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.68%) Rust
10 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (23.65%) Degree
2 18 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) ISTQB
4 13 (8.78%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.73%) PhD
7 4 (2.70%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.03%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.03%) PMP
9 2 (1.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.68%) CIPD
10 1 (0.68%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.70%) QA
2 17 (11.49%) Accessibility
3 12 (8.11%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.35%) PMO
6 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.68%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.03%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.03%) Terraform
2 1 (0.68%) Istio
Vendors
1 17 (11.49%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.38%) Adobe
2 5 (3.38%) Avid
2 5 (3.38%) SolarWinds
2 5 (3.38%) Splunk
3 2 (1.35%) HP
3 2 (1.35%) IBM
3 2 (1.35%) Oracle
3 2 (1.35%) Workday
4 1 (0.68%) Civica
4 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.68%) Google
4 1 (0.68%) Misys
4 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.68%) SAP
4 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.68%) Siebel
4 1 (0.68%) VMware