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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 79 87
Rank change year-on-year +30 +8 -32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 83 54 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 4.79% 3.46% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.44% 3.56% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 65 39 37
10th Percentile £34,500 £34,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,563 £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 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £83,750 £70,000
Berkshire median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.77% +30.00% -

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 1,527 1,517 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.11% 97.18% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 911 784 932
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,375 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -12.42% +2.56% +6.36%

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 19 May 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 (8.43%) Apache
2 4 (4.82%) WinCC
3 1 (1.20%) Moodle
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (1.20%) Totara
Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) AWS
2 11 (13.25%) Azure
3 9 (10.84%) GitHub
4 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.02%) SaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.20%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (1.20%) GCP
5 1 (1.20%) IaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.84%) LAN
2 4 (4.82%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (2.41%) Big Data
2 2 (2.41%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (24.10%) Jenkins
2 14 (16.87%) GitLab
2 14 (16.87%) Visual Studio
3 11 (13.25%) Cucumber
3 11 (13.25%) Selenium
4 10 (12.05%) JIRA
5 8 (9.64%) JUnit
5 8 (9.64%) REST Assured
5 8 (9.64%) TestNG
5 8 (9.64%) WebDriver
6 6 (7.23%) Bugzilla
6 6 (7.23%) Zephyr
7 5 (6.02%) Cypress.io
7 5 (6.02%) Git
8 4 (4.82%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (4.82%) JMeter
8 4 (4.82%) Serenity BDD
9 3 (3.61%) Bitbucket
9 3 (3.61%) SoapUI
10 2 (2.41%) Postman
General
1 22 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.05%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.20%) Electronics
5 1 (1.20%) Finance
5 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (21.69%) Architect
1 18 (21.69%) Software Architect
2 13 (15.66%) DevOps Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Automation Tester
3 9 (10.84%) Desktop Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Desktop Support
3 9 (10.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Developer
3 9 (10.84%) Developer in Test
3 9 (10.84%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
3 9 (10.84%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.84%) Tester
4 7 (8.43%) Research Engineer
4 7 (8.43%) Research Software Engineer
4 7 (8.43%) Software Developer
4 7 (8.43%) Software Engineer
5 6 (7.23%) JavaScript Developer
5 6 (7.23%) Physicist
5 6 (7.23%) Senior
5 6 (7.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.25%) Web Services
2 8 (9.64%) REST
3 7 (8.43%) Apache Commons
3 7 (8.43%) Guava
3 7 (8.43%) Java Concurrency
3 7 (8.43%) WireMock
4 6 (7.23%) OpenMP
5 5 (6.02%) Playwright
6 3 (3.61%) RESTful
6 3 (3.61%) SOAP
7 1 (1.20%) Celery
7 1 (1.20%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.20%) Kafka
7 1 (1.20%) Middleware
7 1 (1.20%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Algorithms
1 13 (15.66%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.84%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.23%) Client/Server
3 6 (7.23%) CUDA
3 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.82%) SCADA
5 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.20%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.20%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.20%) Life Science
5 1 (1.20%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.12%) Linux
2 13 (15.66%) Unix
3 9 (10.84%) Windows
3 9 (10.84%) Windows 10
3 9 (10.84%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.41%) CentOS
4 2 (2.41%) Debian
4 2 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Agile
2 28 (33.73%) Computer Science
3 27 (32.53%) Physics
4 23 (27.71%) DevOps
5 22 (26.51%) CI/CD
6 18 (21.69%) Containerisation
6 18 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (21.69%) SDET
7 16 (19.28%) Test Automation
8 14 (16.87%) Monte Carlo Method
9 13 (15.66%) Mathematics
9 13 (15.66%) Migration
10 11 (13.25%) Code Quality
10 11 (13.25%) Test Management
11 10 (12.05%) Scrum
11 10 (12.05%) Service Delivery
12 9 (10.84%) Customer Requirements
12 9 (10.84%) Customer Service
12 9 (10.84%) ITIL
12 9 (10.84%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 30 (36.14%) Python
2 27 (32.53%) Fortran
3 22 (26.51%) C++
3 22 (26.51%) SQL
4 14 (16.87%) C#
5 13 (15.66%) Bash
5 13 (15.66%) C
5 13 (15.66%) Java
6 12 (14.46%) JavaScript
7 11 (13.25%) Groovy
8 6 (7.23%) Perl
8 6 (7.23%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.41%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 54 (65.06%) Security Cleared
2 30 (36.14%) Degree
3 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
4 13 (15.66%) PhD
5 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
6 7 (8.43%) AWS Certification
6 7 (8.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (8.43%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) QA
2 3 (3.61%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) Docker
2 10 (12.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (26.51%) Kubernetes
2 12 (14.46%) Terraform
3 9 (10.84%) SCCM
4 5 (6.02%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (4.82%) Ansible
6 3 (3.61%) Wonderware InTouch
7 2 (2.41%) Kustomize
8 1 (1.20%) Grafana
8 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (49.40%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.87%) HP
3 4 (4.82%) AVEVA
3 4 (4.82%) Rockwell
3 4 (4.82%) Siemens
4 3 (3.61%) Wonderware
5 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.41%) Oracle
6 1 (1.20%) Google
6 1 (1.20%) Talend