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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 254 202
Rank change year-on-year -18 -52 -61
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 119 182 328
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.74% 1.27% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.33% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 102 111 269
10th Percentile £41,400 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.16% +13.85%
75th Percentile £110,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £105,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -

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 13,790 13,708 19,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.82% 95.91% 91.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8,890 7,692 15,794
10th Percentile £37,975 £42,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,499 £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 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 2 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 2 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 +1 30 £120,000 +100.00% 13
West London -6 6 £31,250 +4.17% 7
East London - 2 £30,000 - 9
South London +27 1 - - 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 1 (0.84%) Confluence
1 1 (0.84%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.84%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.68%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.89%) AWS
2 26 (21.85%) Azure
3 13 (10.92%) GCP
3 13 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.24%) BrowserStack
5 7 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (4.20%) SaaS
7 4 (3.36%) Serverless
8 3 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.68%) BlazeMeter
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub
9 2 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.84%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.84%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.84%) Datadog
10 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.88%) Power BI
3 5 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.36%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.52%) Spark SQL
5 3 (2.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.68%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.68%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.68%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.84%) Big Data
7 1 (0.84%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (18.49%) Selenium
2 13 (10.92%) JIRA
3 11 (9.24%) WebDriver
4 10 (8.40%) SpecFlow
5 7 (5.88%) Postman
6 6 (5.04%) Cucumber
6 6 (5.04%) Git
6 6 (5.04%) SoapUI
7 5 (4.20%) Jenkins
7 5 (4.20%) TestRail
8 4 (3.36%) Cypress.io
8 4 (3.36%) JUnit
8 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
9 3 (2.52%) JBehave
9 3 (2.52%) JMeter
9 3 (2.52%) NUnit
9 3 (2.52%) REST Assured
9 3 (2.52%) Subversion
10 2 (1.68%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.68%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 32 (26.89%) Finance
3 13 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.04%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.20%) Law
6 4 (3.36%) Banking
6 4 (3.36%) Marketing
7 3 (2.52%) Games
8 2 (1.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.84%) Advertising
9 1 (0.84%) Electronics
9 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (24.37%) Lead
2 27 (22.69%) Software Engineer
3 19 (15.97%) Development Engineer
3 19 (15.97%) Software Development Engineer
3 19 (15.97%) Test Development Engineer
4 16 (13.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 14 (11.76%) Tester
6 12 (10.08%) Developer
7 9 (7.56%) QA Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Senior
8 8 (6.72%) Software Developer
9 7 (5.88%) Analyst
9 7 (5.88%) Test Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Python Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Python Software Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Software Tester
11 5 (4.20%) Java Engineer
11 5 (4.20%) Test Analyst
12 4 (3.36%) Consultant
12 4 (3.36%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (21.01%) .NET
2 19 (15.97%) React
3 17 (14.29%) Node.js
4 14 (11.76%) Playwright
5 9 (7.56%) REST
5 9 (7.56%) XML
6 6 (5.04%) JSON
7 5 (4.20%) HTML
7 5 (4.20%) Spring
8 3 (2.52%) .NET Core
8 3 (2.52%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.52%) CSS
8 3 (2.52%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.52%) Kafka
8 3 (2.52%) PySpark
8 3 (2.52%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.52%) Swagger
9 2 (1.68%) CSS3
9 2 (1.68%) HTML5
9 2 (1.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.68%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.84%) AS400
5 1 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.84%) IoT
5 1 (0.84%) iSeries
5 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (55.46%) Test Automation
2 60 (50.42%) Agile
3 49 (41.18%) CI/CD
4 45 (37.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (29.41%) Software Delivery
6 32 (26.89%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (24.37%) Computer Science
8 26 (21.85%) SDET
9 23 (19.33%) Manual Testing
10 20 (16.81%) Full-Stack Development
10 20 (16.81%) Technical Leadership
10 20 (16.81%) User Experience
11 19 (15.97%) Scrum
12 18 (15.13%) Defect Management
12 18 (15.13%) Fintech
12 18 (15.13%) Non-Functional Testing
13 16 (13.45%) Clean Code
13 16 (13.45%) ETL
14 15 (12.61%) DevOps
14 15 (12.61%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 38 (31.93%) Java
2 29 (24.37%) JavaScript
3 27 (22.69%) SQL
3 27 (22.69%) TypeScript
4 20 (16.81%) C#
5 19 (15.97%) Python
6 2 (1.68%) Bash
7 1 (0.84%) C++
7 1 (0.84%) COBOL
7 1 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.84%) Perl
7 1 (0.84%) PHP
7 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.84%) Rust
7 1 (0.84%) Scala
7 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (32.77%) Degree
2 25 (21.01%) ISTQB
3 13 (10.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.56%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.20%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.52%) ISEB
6 3 (2.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.84%) CIPD
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.84%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (28.57%) QA
2 16 (13.45%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.04%) Software Quality Assurance
4 3 (2.52%) SEPA
4 3 (2.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.84%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.52%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.52%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.52%) Terraform
2 1 (0.84%) Ansible
2 1 (0.84%) Istio
Vendors
1 10 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.36%) HP
2 4 (3.36%) Oracle
2 4 (3.36%) Siebel
3 2 (1.68%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (1.68%) SAP
4 1 (0.84%) Civica
4 1 (0.84%) Databricks
4 1 (0.84%) Dynatrace
4 1 (0.84%) Google
4 1 (0.84%) OpenText
4 1 (0.84%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.84%) VMware