Software Testing Jobs in Reading

Software Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 74 79
Rank change year-on-year +24 +5 -19
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 74 66 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.33% 4.08% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.90% 4.21% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 67 48 39
10th Percentile £34,500 - £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £34,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,625 £60,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £83,750 £66,000
Berkshire median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year +11.36% +9.45% +0.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,510 1,569 1,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.36% 97.03% 92.48%
Number of salaries quoted 921 823 927
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,380 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £54,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.74% +4.55%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Reading

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Reading

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Reading

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 7 (9.46%) Apache
2 3 (4.05%) WinCC
3 1 (1.35%) Moodle
3 1 (1.35%) Totara
Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) AWS
2 12 (16.22%) GitHub
3 8 (10.81%) SaaS
4 6 (8.11%) Azure
5 5 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.35%) IaaS
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.86%) LAN
2 3 (4.05%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Big Data
1 1 (1.35%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (31.08%) Jenkins
2 14 (18.92%) Cucumber
2 14 (18.92%) Selenium
3 13 (17.57%) JIRA
4 9 (12.16%) GitLab
4 9 (12.16%) Visual Studio
5 8 (10.81%) JUnit
5 8 (10.81%) REST Assured
5 8 (10.81%) TestNG
5 8 (10.81%) WebDriver
6 7 (9.46%) Bitbucket Server
6 7 (9.46%) JMeter
6 7 (9.46%) Serenity BDD
7 6 (8.11%) Bitbucket
7 6 (8.11%) Bugzilla
7 6 (8.11%) SoapUI
7 6 (8.11%) Zephyr
8 5 (6.76%) Cypress.io
8 5 (6.76%) Git
9 2 (2.70%) Postman
General
1 20 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.22%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.35%) Electronics
4 1 (1.35%) Finance
4 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (16.22%) Automation Tester
1 12 (16.22%) Tester
2 11 (14.86%) Desktop Engineer
2 11 (14.86%) Desktop Support
2 11 (14.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 11 (14.86%) DevOps Engineer
2 11 (14.86%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
2 11 (14.86%) Support Engineer
3 9 (12.16%) Architect
3 9 (12.16%) Developer
3 9 (12.16%) Developer in Test
3 9 (12.16%) Software Architect
4 7 (9.46%) Research Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) Research Software Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) Software Developer
4 7 (9.46%) Software Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) JavaScript Developer
5 6 (8.11%) Physicist
5 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 6 (8.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.92%) Web Services
2 8 (10.81%) REST
3 7 (9.46%) Apache Commons
3 7 (9.46%) Guava
3 7 (9.46%) Java Concurrency
3 7 (9.46%) WireMock
4 6 (8.11%) OpenMP
4 6 (8.11%) RESTful
4 6 (8.11%) SOAP
5 5 (6.76%) Playwright
6 1 (1.35%) Celery
6 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.35%) Kafka
6 1 (1.35%) Middleware
6 1 (1.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Algorithms
2 12 (16.22%) Product Ownership
3 10 (13.51%) Driving Licence
4 6 (8.11%) Client/Server
4 6 (8.11%) CUDA
4 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.05%) SCADA
6 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.35%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.35%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.35%) Life Science
6 1 (1.35%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 25 (33.78%) Linux
2 13 (17.57%) Unix
3 11 (14.86%) Windows
3 11 (14.86%) Windows 10
3 11 (14.86%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.35%) CentOS
4 1 (1.35%) Debian
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (48.65%) Agile
2 25 (33.78%) CI/CD
3 23 (31.08%) Computer Science
4 22 (29.73%) Physics
5 21 (28.38%) SDET
6 19 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (24.32%) DevOps
8 17 (22.97%) Containerisation
8 17 (22.97%) Test Automation
9 13 (17.57%) Mathematics
9 13 (17.57%) Scrum
9 13 (17.57%) Test Management
10 12 (16.22%) Service Delivery
11 11 (14.86%) Code Quality
11 11 (14.86%) Customer Requirements
11 11 (14.86%) Customer Service
11 11 (14.86%) ITIL
11 11 (14.86%) Software Deployment
12 9 (12.16%) API Testing
12 9 (12.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 24 (32.43%) Python
2 22 (29.73%) Fortran
3 20 (27.03%) SQL
4 18 (24.32%) C++
5 15 (20.27%) Java
6 14 (18.92%) JavaScript
7 13 (17.57%) Bash
7 13 (17.57%) C
8 11 (14.86%) Groovy
9 9 (12.16%) C#
10 6 (8.11%) Perl
10 6 (8.11%) TypeScript
11 2 (2.70%) PL/SQL
12 1 (1.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 53 (71.62%) Security Cleared
2 25 (33.78%) Degree
3 23 (31.08%) SC Cleared
4 13 (17.57%) PhD
5 11 (14.86%) DV Cleared
6 7 (9.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (9.46%) Master's Degree
7 5 (6.76%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (27.03%) Docker
2 12 (16.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (28.38%) Kubernetes
2 12 (16.22%) Terraform
3 11 (14.86%) SCCM
4 5 (6.76%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (4.05%) Ansible
5 3 (4.05%) Wonderware InTouch
6 1 (1.35%) Kustomize
6 1 (1.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.62%) HP
3 3 (4.05%) AVEVA
3 3 (4.05%) Rockwell
3 3 (4.05%) Siemens
3 3 (4.05%) Wonderware
4 1 (1.35%) Google
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle