Software Testing Jobs in Merton

Software Testing
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 24 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 +32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 6 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 6.03% 4.62% 44.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.03% 5.13% 49.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile - £56,250 -
25th Percentile - £57,938 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £70,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% +62.79% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,000 £44,500
90th Percentile - £82,250 -
South London median annual salary £52,000 £66,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.51% +26.19% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 116 117 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 100.00% 90.00% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 59 40 38
10th Percentile £46,500 £31,100 £31,900
25th Percentile £58,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,125 £66,875
90th Percentile £111,250 £95,250 £80,750
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Merton

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Merton

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Merton

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Merton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Merton over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Merton

Software Testing
Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Merton region over the 6 months to 14 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
New Malden +11 7 £46,500 -33.57% 2
Software Testing
South London

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 3 (42.86%) WinCC
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (57.14%) DevSecOps
1 4 (57.14%) Mathematics
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) Python
1 4 (57.14%) Rust
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat
1 3 (42.86%) Siemens