Software Testing Jobs in London

Software Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 251 143
Rank change year-on-year +17 -108 +21
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 163 290 879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.26% 1.23% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.35% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 124 238 403
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,100
25th Percentile £51,188 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £96,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £57,471 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.52% -5.45% +1.38%

All Process and 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 12,446 21,516 32,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.97% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,205 15,872 23,232
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,171
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in London.

Salary trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

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 21 May 2025. 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 +14 30 £65,000 -5.45% 15
South London -23 10 £49,250 -25.66% 7
North London - 1 £70,000 -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.45%) Cloud Foundry
1 4 (2.45%) Confluence
1 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.84%) WinCC
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
3 2 (1.23%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.23%) Appian
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.61%) Endur
1 1 (0.61%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.90%) AWS
2 44 (26.99%) Azure
3 21 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (9.20%) Serverless
5 14 (8.59%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (7.98%) GCP
7 12 (7.36%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (6.13%) GitHub
9 9 (5.52%) Power Platform
10 7 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.45%) Figma
11 4 (2.45%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.84%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.84%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.84%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.84%) SaaS
13 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (1.23%) Azure Functions
13 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.45%) HTTP
2 2 (1.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.61%) BGP
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.72%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (8.59%) NoSQL
3 13 (7.98%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (7.36%) DynamoDB
5 11 (6.75%) SQL Server
6 8 (4.91%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.68%) MySQL
8 5 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.45%) Power BI
9 4 (2.45%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.84%) Big Data
11 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
11 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.23%) Redis
12 1 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.61%) HBase
12 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (15.95%) Selenium
2 22 (13.50%) JIRA
3 21 (12.88%) Git
4 18 (11.04%) Cypress.io
4 18 (11.04%) Jenkins
5 17 (10.43%) JMeter
6 16 (9.82%) Postman
7 15 (9.20%) JUnit
8 14 (8.59%) IntelliJ
9 9 (5.52%) NUnit
9 9 (5.52%) REST Assured
9 9 (5.52%) TestNG
10 8 (4.91%) Appium
10 8 (4.91%) Maven
11 7 (4.29%) Gatling
11 7 (4.29%) SoapUI
12 6 (3.68%) Mocha
12 6 (3.68%) MSTest
12 6 (3.68%) TestRail
13 5 (3.07%) SpecFlow
General
1 44 (26.99%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (15.34%) Finance
3 12 (7.36%) Health Technology
3 12 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (7.36%) Publishing
3 12 (7.36%) Tech for Good
4 11 (6.75%) Banking
5 6 (3.68%) Investment Banking
6 5 (3.07%) Advertising
6 5 (3.07%) Games
7 4 (2.45%) Law
8 3 (1.84%) Back Office
8 3 (1.84%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Legal
9 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (26.38%) Senior
2 42 (25.77%) Developer
3 18 (11.04%) Senior Developer
4 17 (10.43%) Software Developer
4 17 (10.43%) Software Engineer
5 16 (9.82%) Java Engineer
5 16 (9.82%) Lead
6 14 (8.59%) Senior Java Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Analyst
8 12 (7.36%) QA Engineer
8 12 (7.36%) Senior Software Developer
9 9 (5.52%) Tester
10 8 (4.91%) Test Engineer
11 7 (4.29%) Developer in Test
11 7 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (4.29%) QA Leader
11 7 (4.29%) Test Leader
12 6 (3.68%) Python Developer
12 6 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.68%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (28.83%) React
2 31 (19.02%) REST
3 29 (17.79%) RESTful
4 21 (12.88%) .NET
5 17 (10.43%) Swagger
5 17 (10.43%) Web Services
6 16 (9.82%) AngularJS
7 12 (7.36%) HTML
7 12 (7.36%) Kafka
7 12 (7.36%) Playwright
8 11 (6.75%) .NET Framework
8 11 (6.75%) JSON
9 10 (6.13%) .NET Core
10 9 (5.52%) ASP.NET
10 9 (5.52%) jQuery
11 8 (4.91%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (4.29%) CSS
12 7 (4.29%) Node.js
12 7 (4.29%) Spring
13 6 (3.68%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.52%) Cloud Native
1 9 (5.52%) Mobile App
2 8 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.68%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.07%) Mobile Games
4 5 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.84%) SCADA
6 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.23%) FPGA
6 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.23%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.61%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.61%) NHS
7 1 (0.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.61%) PropTech
7 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.13%) Linux
2 9 (5.52%) Windows
3 6 (3.68%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.45%) Android
5 3 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (54.60%) Agile
2 81 (49.69%) Test Automation
3 59 (36.20%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (20.86%) TDD
5 33 (20.25%) CI/CD
5 33 (20.25%) DevOps
5 33 (20.25%) Security Testing
6 30 (18.40%) SDLC
7 29 (17.79%) Code Quality
8 28 (17.18%) Scrum
9 27 (16.56%) Software Engineering
10 26 (15.95%) Manual Testing
11 25 (15.34%) Containerisation
11 25 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (15.34%) SDET
11 25 (15.34%) Test Strategy
12 24 (14.72%) Performance Testing
13 21 (12.88%) Continuous Integration
13 21 (12.88%) Test Scripting
14 19 (11.66%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 58 (35.58%) SQL
2 57 (34.97%) Java
3 42 (25.77%) Python
4 39 (23.93%) C#
4 39 (23.93%) JavaScript
5 31 (19.02%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.29%) C++
6 7 (4.29%) Scala
7 6 (3.68%) Swift
8 4 (2.45%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.45%) Rust
9 3 (1.84%) Bash
9 3 (1.84%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.84%) VB
10 2 (1.23%) C
10 2 (1.23%) Groovy
10 2 (1.23%) Ruby
10 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.61%) PHP
11 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (30.06%) Degree
2 24 (14.72%) ISTQB
3 18 (11.04%) Master's Degree
4 14 (8.59%) PhD
4 14 (8.59%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.98%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (5.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (4.29%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.68%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.45%) CISSP
11 3 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.84%) ISEB
11 3 (1.84%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.61%) CCNP
13 1 (0.61%) CCSP
13 1 (0.61%) CISA
13 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (36.20%) QA
2 7 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.07%) Software Quality Assurance
4 3 (1.84%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) COBIT
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (17.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 30 (18.40%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.52%) Argo
3 5 (3.07%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (3.07%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.45%) Terraform
5 3 (1.84%) Ansible
5 3 (1.84%) Functional Safety
5 3 (1.84%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.61%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (6.75%) Microsoft
1 11 (6.75%) Oracle
2 7 (4.29%) Google
3 5 (3.07%) New Relic
4 4 (2.45%) IBM
5 3 (1.84%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.84%) Siemens
5 3 (1.84%) Splunk
6 2 (1.23%) CA Agile Central
6 2 (1.23%) Databricks
6 2 (1.23%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.61%) Apple
7 1 (0.61%) FIS
7 1 (0.61%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.61%) Intel
7 1 (0.61%) Mercator
7 1 (0.61%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.61%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.61%) Sybase
7 1 (0.61%) Xilinx