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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 248 196
Rank change year-on-year -30 -52 -57
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 121 161 340
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.71% 1.20% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.25% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 103 115 277
10th Percentile £33,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £115,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £124,000 £137,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -1.82%

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 14,514 12,914 20,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.30% 96.17% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 7,639 15,878
10th Percentile £38,000 £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 £113,750 £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 16 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 16 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 -8 28 £120,000 +100.00% 12
West London -8 7 £31,250 +4.17% 7
East London - 2 £30,000 - 7
South London +28 1 - - 1
North London +4 1 £45,000 -25.00% 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 (0.83%) Confluence
1 1 (0.83%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.93%) AWS
2 24 (19.83%) Azure
3 13 (10.74%) GCP
4 11 (9.09%) BrowserStack
4 11 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.13%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (3.31%) GitHub
7 4 (3.31%) Serverless
8 3 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
9 2 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.65%) SaaS
10 1 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.83%) Datadog
10 1 (0.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.65%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.96%) Power BI
3 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.48%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Spark SQL
3 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.65%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.83%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (15.70%) Selenium
2 10 (8.26%) JIRA
2 10 (8.26%) SpecFlow
2 10 (8.26%) WebDriver
3 6 (4.96%) Postman
4 5 (4.13%) Cucumber
4 5 (4.13%) Cypress.io
4 5 (4.13%) Git
4 5 (4.13%) SoapUI
5 4 (3.31%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.48%) JBehave
6 3 (2.48%) JUnit
6 3 (2.48%) NUnit
7 2 (1.65%) Claude Code
7 2 (1.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.65%) TestNG
7 2 (1.65%) TestRail
7 2 (1.65%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.83%) REST Assured
General
1 48 (39.67%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.10%) Finance
3 15 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.44%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.79%) Law
6 6 (4.96%) Banking
7 4 (3.31%) Games
7 4 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.48%) Marketing
9 2 (1.65%) Back Office
10 1 (0.83%) Electronics
10 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.83%) Legal
10 1 (0.83%) Local Government
10 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.83%) Retail
10 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (22.31%) Lead
1 27 (22.31%) Software Engineer
2 19 (15.70%) Development Engineer
2 19 (15.70%) Software Development Engineer
2 19 (15.70%) Test Development Engineer
3 16 (13.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 14 (11.57%) Tester
5 12 (9.92%) Developer
5 12 (9.92%) Senior
6 9 (7.44%) QA Engineer
7 8 (6.61%) Test Manager
8 7 (5.79%) Analyst
8 7 (5.79%) Software Developer
9 6 (4.96%) Python Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Python Software Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Software Tester
9 6 (4.96%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.13%) Java Engineer
10 5 (4.13%) Test Analyst
11 4 (3.31%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.83%) .NET
2 17 (14.05%) React
3 16 (13.22%) Node.js
4 12 (9.92%) Playwright
5 8 (6.61%) REST
5 8 (6.61%) XML
6 5 (4.13%) JSON
6 5 (4.13%) Spring
7 3 (2.48%) HTML
7 3 (2.48%) PySpark
7 3 (2.48%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.65%) SOAP
9 1 (0.83%) ADO
9 1 (0.83%) Apache NiFi
9 1 (0.83%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.83%) CSS
9 1 (0.83%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.83%) HTML5
9 1 (0.83%) Middleware
9 1 (0.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.31%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.65%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.65%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (0.83%) AS400
5 1 (0.83%) IoT
5 1 (0.83%) iSeries
5 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.83%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.65%) Windows
2 1 (0.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (56.20%) Test Automation
2 58 (47.93%) Agile
3 49 (40.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (39.67%) CI/CD
5 35 (28.93%) Software Delivery
6 32 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (24.79%) Computer Science
8 25 (20.66%) SDET
9 23 (19.01%) Manual Testing
10 20 (16.53%) Full-Stack Development
10 20 (16.53%) Non-Functional Testing
10 20 (16.53%) Software Engineering
10 20 (16.53%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (15.70%) Fintech
11 19 (15.70%) User Experience
12 18 (14.88%) Defect Management
13 17 (14.05%) Scrum
14 16 (13.22%) AI
14 16 (13.22%) Clean Code
15 15 (12.40%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.75%) Java
2 28 (23.14%) JavaScript
3 27 (22.31%) TypeScript
4 24 (19.83%) SQL
5 20 (16.53%) Python
6 17 (14.05%) C#
7 2 (1.65%) Bash
7 2 (1.65%) C++
7 2 (1.65%) COBOL
7 2 (1.65%) Go
7 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.83%) Perl
8 1 (0.83%) PHP
8 1 (0.83%) Rust
8 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (35.54%) Degree
2 25 (20.66%) ISTQB
3 13 (10.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (8.26%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.13%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.31%) ISEB
8 3 (2.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (2.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.65%) PhD
10 1 (0.83%) CIPD
10 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (28.93%) QA
2 16 (13.22%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.96%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.83%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.48%) HP ALM
2 3 (2.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Istio
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.13%) HP
3 4 (3.31%) Siebel
4 2 (1.65%) SAP
5 1 (0.83%) Civica
5 1 (0.83%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.83%) Google
5 1 (0.83%) OpenText
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle
5 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.83%) VMware