Software QA Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Assurance Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Quality Assurance Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £36,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 750 829
Rank change year-on-year -10 +79 -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Tester 2 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.010% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.011% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile £28,875 - -
25th Percentile £30,938 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £40,938 £42,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,625 £59,000 £48,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% -12.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,441 54,823 67,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.23% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,080 31,110 43,010
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Software QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Tester in the UK excluding London

Software QA Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software QA Tester in the UK excluding London

Software QA Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software QA Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
South East +19 1 £42,500 +13.33%
Scotland - 1 £30,000 -
Software QA Tester
UK

Software QA Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Software QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Software QA Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality

Software QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA