Software Testing Jobs in the South East

Software Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 117 45
Rank change year-on-year -6 -72 +35
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 308 326 1,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.04% 2.81% 6.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 2.97% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 173 221 581
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,324 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,500 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,301 10,994 21,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 94.87% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 7,007 11,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the South East

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the South East

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the South East

Software Testing
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 Software Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +22 169 £58,000 +16.00% 12
Berkshire +38 133 £62,500 +2.04% 3
Hampshire -51 66 £45,000 -25.00% 15
Surrey -11 46 £47,500 -9.52% 3
Buckinghamshire -19 26 £48,750 -2.50% 8
Kent -3 16 £43,750 -20.45% 8
Oxfordshire -20 10 £40,000 +6.67% 1
Isle of Wight 0 5 £25,000 -53.27%
West Sussex +18 4 £70,000 +16.67% 4
East Sussex +9 1 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Middlesex -16 1 £100,000 +29.03%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.90%) Apache
2 7 (2.27%) WinCC
3 6 (1.95%) Confluence
3 6 (1.95%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.30%) TWiki
6 3 (0.97%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.65%) JBoss
7 2 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 17 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.90%) Simulink
3 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.25%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.91%) Azure
2 28 (9.09%) AWS
3 26 (8.44%) SaaS
4 19 (6.17%) GitHub
5 18 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (5.84%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (2.27%) IaaS
7 5 (1.62%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.97%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (0.65%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.65%) Figma
10 2 (0.65%) Serverless
11 1 (0.32%) GCP
11 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.52%) Firewall
2 8 (2.60%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.62%) J1939
3 5 (1.62%) RS-232
3 5 (1.62%) RS-485
3 5 (1.62%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.30%) 4G
4 4 (1.30%) Profibus
4 4 (1.30%) Wireless
4 4 (1.30%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.65%) DNS
5 2 (0.65%) Network Security
5 2 (0.65%) VPN
6 1 (0.32%) GPRS
6 1 (0.32%) MQTT
6 1 (0.32%) RTP
6 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.87%) OLTP
3 7 (2.27%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.30%) Big Data
6 3 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.97%) Couchbase
6 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.97%) Power BI
7 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 47 (15.26%) JIRA
2 41 (13.31%) Selenium
3 35 (11.36%) Jenkins
4 30 (9.74%) GitLab
5 29 (9.42%) Visual Studio
6 16 (5.19%) Cucumber
7 15 (4.87%) Cypress.io
7 15 (4.87%) Git
8 14 (4.55%) JUnit
8 14 (4.55%) Robot Framework
9 12 (3.90%) JMeter
10 10 (3.25%) Postman
10 10 (3.25%) WebDriver
10 10 (3.25%) Zephyr
11 9 (2.92%) eggPlant
11 9 (2.92%) TestNG
12 8 (2.60%) ClearCase
12 8 (2.60%) Plastic SCM
12 8 (2.60%) REST Assured
12 8 (2.60%) SpecFlow
General
1 58 (18.83%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.77%) Aerospace
4 26 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.87%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.57%) Finance
7 10 (3.25%) Automotive
7 10 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.60%) Retail
9 7 (2.27%) Aviation
9 7 (2.27%) Electronics
10 5 (1.62%) Billing
10 5 (1.62%) Games
10 5 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.30%) Local Government
11 4 (1.30%) Marketing
12 3 (0.97%) Advertising
12 3 (0.97%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.97%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 65 (21.10%) Software Engineer
2 50 (16.23%) Senior
3 33 (10.71%) Developer
4 31 (10.06%) Analyst
4 31 (10.06%) Architect
4 31 (10.06%) Software Architect
5 27 (8.77%) Test Engineer
6 26 (8.44%) Consultant
7 24 (7.79%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (6.82%) Test Analyst
9 20 (6.49%) Tester
10 17 (5.52%) Lead
10 17 (5.52%) Software Developer
11 15 (4.87%) Oracle Developer
11 15 (4.87%) Senior Developer
11 15 (4.87%) Senior Oracle Developer
12 13 (4.22%) ERP Consultant
12 13 (4.22%) ERP Implementation Consultant
12 13 (4.22%) Implementation Consultant
12 13 (4.22%) Software Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (11.04%) XML
2 33 (10.71%) HTML
3 19 (6.17%) SOAP
4 16 (5.19%) .NET
5 10 (3.25%) WireMock
6 9 (2.92%) REST
6 9 (2.92%) Web Services
7 8 (2.60%) Apache Commons
7 8 (2.60%) Guava
7 8 (2.60%) Java Concurrency
7 8 (2.60%) Playwright
7 8 (2.60%) Swagger
8 7 (2.27%) WPF
9 6 (1.95%) JSON
9 6 (1.95%) OpenMP
10 5 (1.62%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.62%) Node.js
10 5 (1.62%) Qt
10 5 (1.62%) React
10 5 (1.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.61%) Algorithms
2 19 (6.17%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.60%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (2.60%) Life Science
9 7 (2.27%) Robotics
9 7 (2.27%) SCADA
10 6 (1.95%) CUDA
10 6 (1.95%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.95%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.62%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.62%) EPoS
12 4 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.30%) FPGA
12 4 (1.30%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 80 (25.97%) Linux
2 38 (12.34%) Unix
3 23 (7.47%) Windows
4 9 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.92%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.65%) CentOS
6 2 (0.65%) Debian
6 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (39.29%) Agile
2 88 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 79 (25.65%) Computer Science
3 79 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (24.68%) Software Engineering
5 69 (22.40%) Physics
6 57 (18.51%) DevOps
7 48 (15.58%) CI/CD
8 44 (14.29%) Mathematics
9 42 (13.64%) Open Source
10 40 (12.99%) SDLC
11 38 (12.34%) Containerisation
12 33 (10.71%) Performance Analysis
12 33 (10.71%) SDET
13 30 (9.74%) Test Scripting
14 29 (9.42%) Collaborative Working
14 29 (9.42%) Parallel Programming
15 24 (7.79%) Test Strategy
16 23 (7.47%) Monte Carlo Method
16 23 (7.47%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (36.36%) Python
2 82 (26.62%) SQL
3 64 (20.78%) C
4 60 (19.48%) Bash
4 60 (19.48%) Fortran
5 59 (19.16%) C++
6 53 (17.21%) C#
7 40 (12.99%) JavaScript
8 31 (10.06%) Java
9 15 (4.87%) Groovy
9 15 (4.87%) PL/SQL
10 13 (4.22%) MATLAB
11 12 (3.90%) TypeScript
12 11 (3.57%) Embedded C
13 10 (3.25%) Go
14 9 (2.92%) Perl
15 6 (1.95%) Ruby
16 4 (1.30%) PHP
16 4 (1.30%) VB
17 2 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 130 (42.21%) Degree
2 94 (30.52%) Security Cleared
3 37 (12.01%) Master's Degree
4 35 (11.36%) PhD
5 28 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 27 (8.77%) ISTQB
7 21 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.92%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.30%) ISEB
10 4 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.97%) CBAP
11 3 (0.97%) HNC
11 3 (0.97%) HND
11 3 (0.97%) IIBA
12 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (16.88%) QA
2 12 (3.90%) SLA
3 10 (3.25%) MISRA
4 5 (1.62%) Automotive SPICE
4 5 (1.62%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.62%) GDPR
4 5 (1.62%) ISO 26262
5 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.65%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.32%) JTAG
System Software
1 30 (9.74%) Docker
2 10 (3.25%) Firmware
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (12.01%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.87%) Terraform
3 5 (1.62%) Ansible
4 4 (1.30%) Grafana
4 4 (1.30%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.97%) Wonderware InTouch
6 2 (0.65%) Kibana
6 2 (0.65%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.77%) Oracle
3 13 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.92%) SAP
5 8 (2.60%) IBM
5 8 (2.60%) Lauterbach
5 8 (2.60%) Sage
6 7 (2.27%) AVEVA
6 7 (2.27%) Rockwell
6 7 (2.27%) Siemens
7 6 (1.95%) Epicor
8 4 (1.30%) HP
9 3 (0.97%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.97%) EMC
9 3 (0.97%) Facebook
9 3 (0.97%) Instagram
9 3 (0.97%) Wonderware
10 2 (0.65%) Acronis
10 2 (0.65%) Talend