Software Testing Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 11 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 117 49
Rank change year-on-year +23 -68 +75
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 92 88 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.69% 2.10% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 2.34% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 56 72 177
10th Percentile £43,750 £34,500 £34,875
25th Percentile £49,063 £42,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -1.87% +7.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,375 £78,375 £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,136 3,768 5,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.67% 89.80% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 2,431 3,176
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £76,009 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 +16 60 £66,250 +23.26% 17
Buckinghamshire +22 25 £62,500 +47.06% 6
Oxfordshire -9 7 £90,000 +80.00% 11
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (5.43%) Confluence
2 3 (3.26%) Apache
3 1 (1.09%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Simulink
2 3 (3.26%) Windchill
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.87%) Azure
2 8 (8.70%) AWS
3 6 (6.52%) GCP
4 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.17%) Serverless
5 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.09%) GitHub
5 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.78%) 5G
1 9 (9.78%) Bluetooth
1 9 (9.78%) LTE
1 9 (9.78%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.09%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.09%) J1939
2 1 (1.09%) Profibus
2 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (20.65%) OLTP
2 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.17%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.17%) MySQL
4 2 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.09%) MariaDB
5 1 (1.09%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (19.57%) JIRA
2 8 (8.70%) Selenium
2 8 (8.70%) WebDriver
3 7 (7.61%) Git
4 6 (6.52%) GitLab
4 6 (6.52%) Visual Studio
5 5 (5.43%) Postman
5 5 (5.43%) SoapUI
5 5 (5.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (4.35%) Zephyr
7 3 (3.26%) Cucumber
7 3 (3.26%) Jenkins
7 3 (3.26%) JUnit
7 3 (3.26%) REST Assured
7 3 (3.26%) TestNG
8 2 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (2.17%) Bugzilla
8 2 (2.17%) Cypress.io
8 2 (2.17%) JMeter
8 2 (2.17%) Maven
General
1 25 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.13%) Electronics
3 9 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.43%) Automotive
6 2 (2.17%) Advertising
6 2 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.17%) Billing
6 2 (2.17%) Games
6 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.09%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (34.78%) Senior
2 27 (29.35%) Developer
3 19 (20.65%) Oracle Developer
3 19 (20.65%) Senior Developer
3 19 (20.65%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 14 (15.22%) Software Engineer
5 11 (11.96%) PL/SQL Developer
5 11 (11.96%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
5 11 (11.96%) Senior SQL Developer
5 11 (11.96%) SQL Developer
6 10 (10.87%) Lead
7 9 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (9.78%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.61%) Test Manager
9 6 (6.52%) Architect
9 6 (6.52%) Software Architect
10 5 (5.43%) Analyst
10 5 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (5.43%) Test Analyst
10 5 (5.43%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (31.52%) HTML
2 24 (26.09%) SOAP
3 19 (20.65%) XML
4 8 (8.70%) .NET
5 4 (4.35%) CSS
5 4 (4.35%) React
5 4 (4.35%) React Native
6 3 (3.26%) Apache Commons
6 3 (3.26%) Guava
6 3 (3.26%) Java Concurrency
6 3 (3.26%) REST
6 3 (3.26%) WireMock
7 2 (2.17%) OpenAPI
7 2 (2.17%) Swagger
7 2 (2.17%) Web Services
8 1 (1.09%) Ajax
8 1 (1.09%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.09%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.09%) CORBA
8 1 (1.09%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Algorithms
2 9 (9.78%) IoT
2 9 (9.78%) NB-IoT
3 6 (6.52%) Virtual Team
4 4 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.09%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.09%) SCADA
7 1 (1.09%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 22 (23.91%) Linux
2 9 (9.78%) Windows
2 9 (9.78%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.70%) Computer Science
2 29 (31.52%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (27.17%) Agile
4 20 (21.74%) Test Automation
5 18 (19.57%) Software Engineering
6 16 (17.39%) Scrum
7 14 (15.22%) Physics
7 14 (15.22%) Test Strategy
8 13 (14.13%) Code Quality
9 10 (10.87%) SDLC
10 9 (9.78%) Asset Management
10 9 (9.78%) End-to-End Testing
10 9 (9.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 9 (9.78%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (9.78%) Project Planning
10 9 (9.78%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (8.70%) Design Patterns
11 8 (8.70%) Mathematics
11 8 (8.70%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (41.30%) SQL
2 32 (34.78%) Python
3 23 (25.00%) C#
4 19 (20.65%) Bash
4 19 (20.65%) PL/SQL
5 16 (17.39%) C
6 15 (16.30%) C++
7 14 (15.22%) Fortran
8 9 (9.78%) JavaScript
8 9 (9.78%) PowerShell
9 7 (7.61%) Embedded C
9 7 (7.61%) Java
9 7 (7.61%) MATLAB
10 4 (4.35%) Embedded C++
10 4 (4.35%) TypeScript
11 2 (2.17%) Go
11 2 (2.17%) Groovy
12 1 (1.09%) Delphi
12 1 (1.09%) Perl
12 1 (1.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (43.48%) Degree
2 16 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (10.87%) SC Cleared
5 9 (9.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (9.78%) Master's Degree
5 9 (9.78%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.70%) PhD
7 5 (5.43%) ISTQB
7 5 (5.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) QA
2 7 (7.61%) ISO 26262
3 4 (4.35%) Automotive SPICE
3 4 (4.35%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (4.35%) MISRA
3 4 (4.35%) MISRA C
4 3 (3.26%) HAZOP
5 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.09%) ISO 15765
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (9.78%) vSphere
2 5 (5.43%) Firmware
3 3 (3.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.78%) Ansible
1 9 (9.78%) Puppet
1 9 (9.78%) Terraform
2 5 (5.43%) Functional Safety
3 3 (3.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.09%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.09%) Netcool
4 1 (1.09%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 22 (23.91%) Oracle
2 17 (18.48%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.78%) VMware
4 2 (2.17%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.09%) AVEVA
5 1 (1.09%) HP
5 1 (1.09%) IBM
5 1 (1.09%) Rockwell
5 1 (1.09%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.09%) SAP
5 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.09%) Siemens
5 1 (1.09%) Workday