Software Testing Jobs in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 46 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 15 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 3.58% 1.62% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 2.15% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 0
10th Percentile £45,200 £45,800 -
25th Percentile - £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,000 £53,125 -
90th Percentile £56,400 £54,250 -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 396 418 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 94.51% 75.18% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 184 356 249
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £29,320
25th Percentile £47,188 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MagicDraw
2 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (13.33%) JIRA
2 2 (13.33%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Software Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Software Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Software Tester
5 1 (6.67%) Test Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (26.67%) .NET
2 4 (26.67%) .NET Core
2 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET
3 2 (13.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Acoustics
2 3 (20.00%) e-Learning
2 3 (20.00%) FPGA
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
2 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) SDLC
4 4 (26.67%) SysML
4 4 (26.67%) UML
5 3 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Mathematical Modelling
5 3 (20.00%) Signal Processing
5 3 (20.00%) Validation
5 3 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (13.33%) DevSecOps
6 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) C#
2 4 (26.67%) Ada
3 3 (20.00%) C++
3 3 (20.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (13.33%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) Python
4 2 (13.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (40.00%) Degree
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Xilinx