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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 245 203
Rank change year-on-year -28 -42 -69
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 124 160 338
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.72% 1.21% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.25% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 104 115 277
10th Percentile £34,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,313 £48,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £112,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £123,500 £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 14,582 12,751 20,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.18% 96.22% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 7,555 15,873
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £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 19 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 19 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 29 £120,000 +100.00% 17
West London -11 7 £31,250 +4.17% 10
East London - 2 £30,000 - 7
South London +29 1 - - 1
North London +5 1 £45,000 -30.77% 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 (0.81%) Apache
1 1 (0.81%) Confluence
1 1 (0.81%) Jupyter
1 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (30.65%) AWS
2 27 (21.77%) Azure
3 16 (12.90%) GCP
4 11 (8.87%) BrowserStack
5 10 (8.06%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.23%) GitHub
9 3 (2.42%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (2.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.42%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.42%) Serverless
10 2 (1.61%) SaaS
11 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.81%) Datadog
11 1 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.61%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.03%) Power BI
3 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.23%) Spark SQL
4 2 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.61%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.81%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (14.52%) Selenium
2 11 (8.87%) JIRA
3 10 (8.06%) SpecFlow
4 9 (7.26%) WebDriver
5 6 (4.84%) Postman
6 5 (4.03%) Cucumber
6 5 (4.03%) Git
6 5 (4.03%) SoapUI
7 4 (3.23%) Cypress.io
7 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.42%) Claude Code
8 3 (2.42%) JBehave
8 3 (2.42%) JUnit
8 3 (2.42%) NUnit
8 3 (2.42%) TestRail
8 3 (2.42%) Zephyr
9 2 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (1.61%) TestNG
10 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 48 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 37 (29.84%) Finance
3 14 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.65%) Banking
5 7 (5.65%) Law
6 4 (3.23%) Games
6 4 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.42%) Marketing
8 2 (1.61%) Back Office
9 1 (0.81%) Electronics
9 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.81%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (23.39%) Software Engineer
2 26 (20.97%) Lead
3 21 (16.94%) Development Engineer
3 21 (16.94%) Software Development Engineer
4 19 (15.32%) Test Development Engineer
5 16 (12.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 15 (12.10%) Tester
7 14 (11.29%) Senior
8 10 (8.06%) Developer
9 9 (7.26%) QA Engineer
10 8 (6.45%) Test Manager
11 7 (5.65%) Analyst
12 6 (4.84%) Python Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Python Software Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (4.84%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.84%) Software Tester
12 6 (4.84%) Test Engineer
13 5 (4.03%) Senior Development Engineer
13 5 (4.03%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.35%) .NET
2 19 (15.32%) React
3 17 (13.71%) Node.js
4 11 (8.87%) Playwright
5 8 (6.45%) REST
5 8 (6.45%) XML
6 5 (4.03%) JSON
7 4 (3.23%) PySpark
7 4 (3.23%) Spring
8 3 (2.42%) HTML
9 2 (1.61%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (1.61%) React Native
9 2 (1.61%) SOAP
9 2 (1.61%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.81%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.81%) ADO
10 1 (0.81%) CSS
10 1 (0.81%) Middleware
10 1 (0.81%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.61%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.61%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.61%) Mobile Payment
4 2 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.61%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (0.81%) AS400
5 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) iSeries
5 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) Linux
1 2 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (56.45%) Test Automation
2 59 (47.58%) Agile
3 48 (38.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (37.90%) CI/CD
5 34 (27.42%) Software Delivery
6 32 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (23.39%) Computer Science
8 24 (19.35%) Manual Testing
8 24 (19.35%) SDET
9 23 (18.55%) Software Engineering
10 22 (17.74%) Full-Stack Development
11 20 (16.13%) Fintech
11 20 (16.13%) Non-Functional Testing
12 19 (15.32%) AI
12 19 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (15.32%) User Experience
13 18 (14.52%) Defect Management
14 17 (13.71%) Scrum
15 15 (12.10%) DevOps
15 15 (12.10%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 35 (28.23%) Java
2 30 (24.19%) JavaScript
2 30 (24.19%) TypeScript
3 25 (20.16%) SQL
4 23 (18.55%) Python
5 16 (12.90%) C#
6 2 (1.61%) Bash
6 2 (1.61%) C++
6 2 (1.61%) COBOL
6 2 (1.61%) Go
6 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.81%) Perl
7 1 (0.81%) PHP
7 1 (0.81%) Rust
7 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (34.68%) Degree
2 25 (20.16%) ISTQB
3 12 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.03%) Master's Degree
7 4 (3.23%) ISEB
8 3 (2.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (2.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (2.42%) PhD
9 1 (0.81%) CIPD
9 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (27.42%) QA
2 15 (12.10%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.84%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.81%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.42%) HP ALM
1 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.42%) Terraform
2 1 (0.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.81%) Istio
Vendors
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.03%) HP
3 4 (3.23%) Siebel
4 2 (1.61%) SAP
5 1 (0.81%) Civica
5 1 (0.81%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.81%) Google
5 1 (0.81%) OpenText
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle
5 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.81%) VMware