Software Testing Job Trends in Swansea

Software Testing
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 20 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 1.54% 3.08% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.08% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,663 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.71%
75th Percentile - - £59,063
90th Percentile - - £64,349
West Wales median annual salary £35,663 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -35.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 65 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 80.77% 100.00% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 68 28 109
10th Percentile - £32,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,924 £43,756 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -12.49% +22.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,252 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,054 £65,000 £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £42,848 £42,512 £46,816
% change year-on-year +0.79% -9.19% +14.87%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Swansea

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CIPD
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility