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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 236 261
Rank change year-on-year -24 +25 -120
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 149 159 279
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.71% 1.32% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.38% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 104 112 231
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £46,767 £52,375 £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 £94,063 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £127,000 £137,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,020
% change year-on-year - +7.80% -7.24%

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 16,975 11,532 21,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.43% 96.04% 90.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11,439 6,891 15,865
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,555
Median % change year-on-year - +6.30% -5.93%
75th Percentile £99,011 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £125,000 £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 25 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 25 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 -10 23 £90,000 +28.57% 8
West London - 13 £30,000 -
East London - 2 £30,000 - 3
North London +2 1 £45,000 -35.71% 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 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.34%) CMS
2 2 (1.34%) Confluence
2 2 (1.34%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.67%) Apache
3 1 (0.67%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.36%) AutoCAD
1 5 (3.36%) DaVinci Resolve
1 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.67%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.67%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 42 (28.19%) AWS
2 36 (24.16%) Azure
3 18 (12.08%) GCP
4 9 (6.04%) BrowserStack
5 8 (5.37%) GitHub
5 8 (5.37%) Serverless
6 7 (4.70%) Anthropic Claude
6 7 (4.70%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.34%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.34%) SaaS
10 2 (1.34%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.67%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) SNMP
2 2 (1.34%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
1 6 (4.03%) Spark SQL
2 5 (3.36%) DynamoDB
2 5 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.34%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.67%) Big Data
5 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Selenium
2 10 (6.71%) JIRA
3 8 (5.37%) SpecFlow
3 8 (5.37%) WebDriver
4 7 (4.70%) Claude Code
4 7 (4.70%) Git
5 5 (3.36%) TestRail
6 4 (2.68%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.01%) JUnit
7 3 (2.01%) Postman
7 3 (2.01%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.34%) Cucumber
8 2 (1.34%) GitLab
8 2 (1.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.34%) TestNG
9 1 (0.67%) CocoaPods
9 1 (0.67%) fastlane
9 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.67%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
General
1 47 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.49%) Finance
3 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.07%) Law
5 12 (8.05%) Banking
6 10 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.36%) Publishing
9 4 (2.68%) Health Technology
9 4 (2.68%) Tech for Good
10 3 (2.01%) Retail
11 2 (1.34%) Back Office
11 2 (1.34%) Games
11 2 (1.34%) Legal
11 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Electronics
12 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.67%) Front Office
12 1 (0.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (24.16%) Senior
2 31 (20.81%) Software Engineer
3 25 (16.78%) Development Engineer
3 25 (16.78%) Software Development Engineer
4 21 (14.09%) Tester
5 20 (13.42%) Test Development Engineer
6 17 (11.41%) Developer
7 12 (8.05%) Lead
7 12 (8.05%) Software Tester
8 11 (7.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Consultant
10 9 (6.04%) Principal Consultant
10 9 (6.04%) Software Developer
11 8 (5.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (5.37%) Senior Developer
11 8 (5.37%) Test Manager
12 7 (4.70%) Automation Consultant
12 7 (4.70%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Principal Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.42%) .NET
2 17 (11.41%) React
3 12 (8.05%) Node.js
4 9 (6.04%) Playwright
5 7 (4.70%) REST
6 6 (4.03%) PySpark
6 6 (4.03%) React Native
7 5 (3.36%) JSON
7 5 (3.36%) Swagger
7 5 (3.36%) XML
8 4 (2.68%) RESTful
9 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
9 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET Core
9 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.34%) HTML
9 2 (1.34%) SOAP
10 1 (0.67%) Kafka
10 1 (0.67%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (0.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.03%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.36%) Mobile Payment
4 4 (2.68%) Blog
5 3 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.34%) AS400
6 2 (1.34%) iSeries
6 2 (1.34%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.34%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.67%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.67%) CMDB
7 1 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.67%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.67%) LPAR
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.70%) Windows
2 2 (1.34%) Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (53.69%) Test Automation
2 48 (32.21%) Agile
3 40 (26.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (26.17%) CI/CD
5 36 (24.16%) Software Engineering
6 31 (20.81%) AI
7 27 (18.12%) DevOps
8 26 (17.45%) SDET
9 25 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (16.78%) Software Delivery
10 20 (13.42%) Code Quality
11 18 (12.08%) Computer Science
12 17 (11.41%) Non-Functional Testing
12 17 (11.41%) Scrum
13 16 (10.74%) Manual Testing
13 16 (10.74%) Mentoring
13 16 (10.74%) Microservices
13 16 (10.74%) TDD
14 15 (10.07%) Defect Management
14 15 (10.07%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.49%) Python
2 28 (18.79%) TypeScript
3 24 (16.11%) JavaScript
4 23 (15.44%) Java
5 21 (14.09%) SQL
6 18 (12.08%) C#
7 6 (4.03%) C++
8 3 (2.01%) COBOL
8 3 (2.01%) Julia
8 3 (2.01%) MATLAB
8 3 (2.01%) R
9 2 (1.34%) Go
9 2 (1.34%) RPG
10 1 (0.67%) Bash
10 1 (0.67%) C
10 1 (0.67%) Perl
10 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.67%) Rust
10 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (24.16%) Degree
2 18 (12.08%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.41%) ISTQB
4 13 (8.72%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.70%) Master's Degree
6 7 (4.70%) PhD
7 4 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.67%) CIPD
9 1 (0.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (26.85%) QA
2 17 (11.41%) Accessibility
3 12 (8.05%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (2.68%) GDPR
5 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (1.34%) Docker
1 2 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.01%) Terraform
2 1 (0.67%) Istio
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 17 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.36%) Adobe
2 5 (3.36%) Avid
2 5 (3.36%) SolarWinds
2 5 (3.36%) Splunk
3 2 (1.34%) HP
3 2 (1.34%) IBM
3 2 (1.34%) Oracle
3 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.34%) VMware
3 2 (1.34%) Workday
4 1 (0.67%) Apple
4 1 (0.67%) Bloomberg
4 1 (0.67%) Civica
4 1 (0.67%) Misys
4 1 (0.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.67%) SAP
4 1 (0.67%) Siebel
4 1 (0.67%) Symantec
4 1 (0.67%) Tenable