Software Testing Jobs in South London

Software Testing
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South London 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 56 11
Rank change year-on-year -27 -45 +116
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 9 32 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 1.26% 3.67% 20.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 3.88% 22.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9 29 22
10th Percentile £43,200 - -
25th Percentile - £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +23.81% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £64,063
90th Percentile - £86,000 £75,000
London median annual salary £64,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.86% +3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 690 824 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 96.50% 94.60% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 147 376 361
10th Percentile £34,950 £27,733 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,250 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,650 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +3.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in South London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in South London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in South London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in South London

Software Testing
Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Kingston Upon Thames +11 7 £46,500 -2.11% 5
Merton -1 7 £46,500 -33.57% 5
Croydon -5 2 £42,500 -46.88% 1
Software Testing
London

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 3 (33.33%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) JMeter
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Graduate Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Mathematics
1 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) BDD
5 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 1 (11.11%) Load Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Microservices
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) SDET
5 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C#
1 4 (44.44%) Java
1 4 (44.44%) Python
1 4 (44.44%) Rust
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
1 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 3 (33.33%) Siemens