Junior Software Tester Jobs in the South East

Junior Software Tester
England > South East

The median Junior Software Tester salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Tester 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.033% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £18,940 - -
25th Percentile £22,150 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile £41,250 - -
90th Percentile £46,500 - -
England median annual salary £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 7,945 15,759 13,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.41% 93.93% 90.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,533 11,363 8,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Junior Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Tester in the South East

Junior Software Tester
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Tester in the South East.

Salary trend for Junior Software Tester in the South East

Junior Software Tester
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Tester in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Tester in the South East

Junior Software Tester
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Tester within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 2 £40,000 -
Thames Valley - 2 £40,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £16,800 -
Junior Software Tester
England

Junior Software Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Junior 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 South East region featuring Junior Software Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing

Junior Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA