Software Tester Jobs in Sheffield

Software Tester
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Software Tester salary in Sheffield is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.35% - 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £28,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 272 1,015 822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.77% 95.48% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 186 820 405
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £24,490
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,754
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -0.53% -9.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £71,740
South Yorkshire median annual salary £51,250 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -10.00%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Sheffield

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Software Tester in Sheffield

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing