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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 124 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 -50 -32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 62 125 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.05% 1.86% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 2.18% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 108 120
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £27,946
25th Percentile £48,125 £39,313 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £51,020 £46,125
Median % change year-on-year +32.30% +10.61% -16.89%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £76,125 £77,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +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 2,806 5,737 5,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.88% 85.18% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 4,015 3,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,833 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 2 May 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 2 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 -11 33 £67,500 +14.41% 24
Oxfordshire +45 17 £82,500 +106.25% 10
Buckinghamshire +44 12 £44,000 -10.20% 20
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 1 (1.61%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.45%) Azure
2 3 (4.84%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.23%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.61%) AWS
4 1 (1.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.52%) 5G
1 9 (14.52%) Bluetooth
1 9 (14.52%) LTE
1 9 (14.52%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.61%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) OLTP
2 5 (8.06%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.23%) Metadata
3 2 (3.23%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Bugzilla
2 1 (1.61%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Zephyr
General
1 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.58%) Aerospace
3 9 (14.52%) Electronics
3 9 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Advertising
5 1 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Automotive
5 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (40.32%) Senior
2 21 (33.87%) Developer
3 19 (30.65%) Senior Developer
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle Developer
4 17 (27.42%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 13 (20.97%) PL/SQL Developer
5 13 (20.97%) Senior PL/SQL Developer
5 13 (20.97%) Senior SQL Developer
5 13 (20.97%) SQL Developer
6 10 (16.13%) Lead
7 9 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (14.52%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (12.90%) Software Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (4.84%) Software Tester
10 3 (4.84%) Tester
11 2 (3.23%) Junior
11 2 (3.23%) Junior Tester
11 2 (3.23%) Senior Software Developer
11 2 (3.23%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (30.65%) HTML
2 17 (27.42%) SOAP
2 17 (27.42%) XML
3 13 (20.97%) Qt
4 4 (6.45%) .NET
5 2 (3.23%) CSS
6 1 (1.61%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.97%) Embedded Systems
2 9 (14.52%) IoT
2 9 (14.52%) NB-IoT
3 8 (12.90%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.23%) Acoustics
5 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.61%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.61%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.61%) SCADA
6 1 (1.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Linux
2 10 (16.13%) Unix
3 9 (14.52%) Windows
3 9 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.61%) Android
5 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (27.42%) Test Automation
3 14 (22.58%) Software Engineering
3 14 (22.58%) Validation
3 14 (22.58%) Verification and Validation
4 13 (20.97%) Computer Science
4 13 (20.97%) Knowledge Transfer
4 13 (20.97%) Manual Testing
4 13 (20.97%) Regression Testing
5 10 (16.13%) SDLC
6 9 (14.52%) Asset Management
6 9 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (14.52%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (14.52%) Performance Analysis
6 9 (14.52%) Project Planning
6 9 (14.52%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (12.90%) Mathematics
7 8 (12.90%) Open Source
7 8 (12.90%) Parallel Programming
Programming Languages
1 37 (59.68%) Python
2 24 (38.71%) C
3 23 (37.10%) C++
4 21 (33.87%) SQL
5 19 (30.65%) Bash
6 17 (27.42%) PL/SQL
7 10 (16.13%) Fortran
8 9 (14.52%) PowerShell
9 4 (6.45%) C#
9 4 (6.45%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.61%) Delphi
10 1 (1.61%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.61%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (53.23%) Degree
2 14 (22.58%) Master's Degree
3 10 (16.13%) PhD
4 9 (14.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (14.52%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (12.90%) DV Cleared
5 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
5 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.61%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (14.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) Ansible
1 9 (14.52%) Puppet
1 9 (14.52%) Terraform
2 1 (1.61%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (27.42%) Oracle
2 11 (17.74%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) VMware
4 2 (3.23%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.61%) AVEVA
5 1 (1.61%) HP
5 1 (1.61%) Rockwell
5 1 (1.61%) Siemens