Software Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 338 635
Rank change year-on-year -352 +297 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 81 555 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.91% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 1.01% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 69 66 136
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £47,063
90th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 £57,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +7.38%

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 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software 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 Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Scotland -85 21 £38,500 +22.22% 1
North of England -159 21 £35,000 - 7
South East +5 16 £45,000 +9.09% 1
North West -121 16 £37,500 +15.38% 1
East of England -24 15 £27,500 -29.49% 5
Midlands -111 6 £34,750 +5.30% 1
Yorkshire +2 5 £30,000 -50.82% 5
East Midlands -44 4 £46,000 +39.39%
South West -49 2 £32,500 -21.21% 5
West Midlands -78 2 £32,500 +18.18% 1
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Software 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 Tester in the job title.

1 81 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 52 (64.20%) Test Automation
3 32 (39.51%) QA
4 24 (29.63%) Manual Testing
5 23 (28.40%) C#
6 22 (27.16%) Python
7 20 (24.69%) SDLC
8 19 (23.46%) JavaScript
8 19 (23.46%) Computer Science
9 18 (22.22%) Degree
9 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
10 17 (20.99%) Agile
11 16 (19.75%) Regression Testing
11 16 (19.75%) Code Quality
12 15 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (18.52%) Test Scripting
13 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
14 12 (14.81%) SaaS
14 12 (14.81%) .NET
14 12 (14.81%) ISTQB
14 12 (14.81%) Selenium
15 11 (13.58%) Acceptance Criteria
16 10 (12.35%) System Testing
16 10 (12.35%) Azure
17 9 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
17 9 (11.11%) Business Case
17 9 (11.11%) DevOps
17 9 (11.11%) JIRA
17 9 (11.11%) Validation

Software 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:

Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) SaaS
2 10 (12.35%) Azure
3 5 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.94%) Internet
2 2 (2.47%) HTTP
2 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Selenium
2 9 (11.11%) JIRA
3 5 (6.17%) Cypress.io
4 4 (4.94%) Postman
5 3 (3.70%) Git
6 2 (2.47%) Appium
6 2 (2.47%) eggPlant
6 2 (2.47%) SoapUI
6 2 (2.47%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (2.47%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.23%) JMeter
7 1 (1.23%) JUnit
7 1 (1.23%) TestNG
General
1 18 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.64%) Finance
3 7 (8.64%) Legal
4 5 (6.17%) Automotive
5 4 (4.94%) Games
5 4 (4.94%) Retail
6 3 (3.70%) Marketing
6 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Back Office
8 1 (1.23%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.81%) .NET
2 4 (4.94%) Web Services
3 3 (3.70%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.70%) SOAP
4 2 (2.47%) REST
5 1 (1.23%) EDI
5 1 (1.23%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.23%) JSON
5 1 (1.23%) RESTful
5 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.47%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.47%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.23%) FMCG
4 1 (1.23%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Android
1 4 (4.94%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.47%) Linux
2 2 (2.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 52 (64.20%) Test Automation
3 24 (29.63%) Manual Testing
4 20 (24.69%) SDLC
5 19 (23.46%) Computer Science
6 17 (20.99%) Agile
7 16 (19.75%) Code Quality
7 16 (19.75%) Regression Testing
8 15 (18.52%) Test Scripting
9 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (13.58%) Acceptance Criteria
11 10 (12.35%) System Testing
12 9 (11.11%) Business Case
12 9 (11.11%) DevOps
12 9 (11.11%) Migration
12 9 (11.11%) Validation
13 8 (9.88%) Exploratory Testing
13 8 (9.88%) Test Management
14 7 (8.64%) Creative Thinking
14 7 (8.64%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.40%) C#
2 22 (27.16%) Python
3 19 (23.46%) JavaScript
4 9 (11.11%) Java
5 4 (4.94%) SQL
6 2 (2.47%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (22.22%) Degree
2 15 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (14.81%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.70%) ISEB
5 2 (2.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (39.51%) QA
2 2 (2.47%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft