Software Testing Job Trends in Nottingham

Software Testing
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 44 67
Rank change year-on-year -29 +23 -18
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 4 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 0.29% 1.32% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 1.55% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £39,947 £27,500 £33,625
25th Percentile £44,873 £32,625 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,582 £48,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +9.71% -35.19%
75th Percentile £61,792 - £49,688
90th Percentile £66,417 £60,250 £52,875
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £53,582 £48,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +11.63% +9.71% -32.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 962 387 629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 70.42% 85.24% 76.43%
Number of salaries quoted 648 248 394
10th Percentile £27,588 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year +25.00% -18.78% -14.35%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Nottingham over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Nottingham

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Db2
1 2 (50.00%) Easytrieve
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Assembly Language
1 2 (50.00%) COBOL
1 2 (50.00%) JCL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM