Software Tester Job Trends in Somerset

Software Tester
South West > Somerset

The median Software Tester salary in Somerset is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% -37.89% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 325 658 404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.60% 89.40% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 176 444 300
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%
75th Percentile £57,014 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,125
South West median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £54,941
% change year-on-year -8.65% -5.35% +9.88%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Somerset

Software Tester
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in Somerset

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 9 September 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 Somerset region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification