Software Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 64 86
Rank change year-on-year -110 +22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,188 3,138 2,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.68% 5.12% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 5.35% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 939 843 1,352
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,329 £50,000 £46,125
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% +8.40% +2.50%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £82,250 £73,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,507 58,626 66,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,180 30,153 41,508
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
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 Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East -55 309 £48,000 -12.73% 108
North of England -107 273 £55,000 +10.00% 86
Midlands -134 167 £45,000 -1.37% 83
North West -112 156 £55,000 +10.55% 47
South West -89 138 £50,000 +6.38% 55
East of England -51 132 £55,000 -15.38% 67
West Midlands -100 124 £45,000 -5.26% 50
Scotland -110 122 £45,000 -3.84% 25
Yorkshire -58 97 £55,000 +10.00% 35
East Midlands -113 43 £49,329 +23.32% 33
Wales +28 39 £47,500 +2.79% 7
North East -8 20 £55,000 -1.79% 4
Northern Ireland +3 8 £37,500 -42.31% 4
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (3.87%) Confluence
2 29 (2.44%) IIS
3 19 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.01%) Apache
6 7 (0.59%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.42%) WinCC
9 4 (0.34%) TWiki
10 3 (0.25%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.084%) CMS
12 1 (0.084%) JBoss
12 1 (0.084%) Moodle
12 1 (0.084%) Totara
12 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.61%) Simulink
3 23 (1.94%) Stateflow
4 19 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.59%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.17%) TargetLink
9 2 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.59%) BPCS
2 6 (0.51%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.17%) ProductWriter
5 1 (0.084%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.084%) Postilion
5 1 (0.084%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 201 (16.92%) Azure
2 144 (12.12%) AWS
3 60 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (4.63%) SaaS
5 45 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
6 37 (3.11%) GitHub
6 37 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (2.19%) GCP
8 19 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (0.84%) Google Play
10 9 (0.76%) BlazeMeter
11 8 (0.67%) Slack
12 7 (0.59%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.59%) IaaS
13 5 (0.42%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.34%) Power Automate
15 3 (0.25%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 3 (0.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 31 (2.61%) Wireless
3 29 (2.44%) WAN
4 24 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.94%) Firewall
6 22 (1.85%) Internet
7 21 (1.77%) Network Security
8 20 (1.68%) RS-485
9 18 (1.52%) LAN
10 17 (1.43%) 4G
11 16 (1.35%) Ethernet
12 14 (1.18%) RS-232
13 13 (1.09%) MQTT
14 12 (1.01%) 3G
15 11 (0.93%) J1939
16 7 (0.59%) Modbus
17 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
18 5 (0.42%) FlexRay
18 5 (0.42%) VPN
19 4 (0.34%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 42 (3.54%) NoSQL
3 20 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (1.68%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.09%) MySQL
4 13 (1.09%) OLTP
5 12 (1.01%) Big Data
5 12 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 7 (0.59%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.42%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.34%) Flink
9 4 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
9 4 (0.34%) Power BI
10 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.25%) SQLite
11 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.17%) Redis
11 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 168 (14.14%) JIRA
2 100 (8.42%) Selenium
3 85 (7.15%) Git
4 67 (5.64%) Jenkins
5 59 (4.97%) Cypress.io
6 55 (4.63%) Cucumber
6 55 (4.63%) Visual Studio
7 54 (4.55%) Postman
8 41 (3.45%) JMeter
9 37 (3.11%) GitLab
10 34 (2.86%) JUnit
11 32 (2.69%) Appium
12 28 (2.36%) Bitbucket
13 25 (2.10%) LabVIEW
14 22 (1.85%) SoapUI
15 18 (1.52%) ClearCase
15 18 (1.52%) Plastic SCM
16 16 (1.35%) MSTest
17 14 (1.18%) ClearQuest
18 13 (1.09%) WebDriver
General
1 266 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 189 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
3 114 (9.60%) Finance
4 108 (9.09%) Electronics
5 60 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 56 (4.71%) Manufacturing
7 56 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (4.12%) Automotive
9 35 (2.95%) Marketing
9 35 (2.95%) Retail
10 33 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 27 (2.27%) Legal
12 21 (1.77%) Games
12 21 (1.77%) Law
13 20 (1.68%) Banking
14 19 (1.60%) Military
15 16 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 14 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 184 (15.49%) Senior
2 174 (14.65%) Developer
3 168 (14.14%) Software Engineer
4 135 (11.36%) Tester
5 123 (10.35%) Test Engineer
6 96 (8.08%) Lead
7 81 (6.82%) Analyst
7 81 (6.82%) Software Tester
8 62 (5.22%) QA Engineer
8 62 (5.22%) Software Test Engineer
8 62 (5.22%) Systems Engineer
9 55 (4.63%) Software Developer
10 49 (4.12%) Embedded Engineer
11 47 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
12 46 (3.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 42 (3.54%) Test Analyst
14 40 (3.37%) Senior Developer
15 39 (3.28%) Hardware Engineer
16 38 (3.20%) .NET Developer
17 37 (3.11%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (10.52%) .NET
2 56 (4.71%) HTML
2 56 (4.71%) Web Services
3 53 (4.46%) REST
4 40 (3.37%) XML
5 37 (3.11%) SOAP
6 34 (2.86%) Playwright
6 34 (2.86%) React
7 30 (2.53%) .NET Framework
8 29 (2.44%) JSON
9 27 (2.27%) Spring
10 25 (2.10%) CSS
11 23 (1.94%) .NET Core
11 23 (1.94%) RESTful
11 23 (1.94%) Spring Boot
12 17 (1.43%) ASP.NET
13 16 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
13 16 (1.35%) Kafka
14 15 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (1.09%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 71 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
3 53 (4.46%) Mobile App
4 49 (4.12%) Algorithms
5 41 (3.45%) IoT
6 37 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 33 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
8 32 (2.69%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.61%) Video\Live Streaming
10 26 (2.19%) Clustering
10 26 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
11 24 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.52%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.01%) Robotics
15 11 (0.93%) Client/Server
15 11 (0.93%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.93%) Life Science
15 11 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 134 (11.28%) Linux
2 124 (10.44%) Windows
3 34 (2.86%) Android
4 32 (2.69%) Unix
5 16 (1.35%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.26%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (1.26%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.84%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.42%) Debian
9 5 (0.42%) Windows Mobile
10 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.25%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.17%) Solaris
12 2 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.084%) CentOS
13 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (35.52%) Test Automation
2 421 (35.44%) Agile
3 295 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
4 291 (24.49%) Software Engineering
5 176 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 171 (14.39%) CI/CD
7 161 (13.55%) DevOps
8 135 (11.36%) Mentoring
9 121 (10.19%) SDLC
10 107 (9.01%) Scrum
10 107 (9.01%) TDD
10 107 (9.01%) Test Strategy
11 106 (8.92%) Regression Testing
12 98 (8.25%) Test Scripting
13 90 (7.58%) Functional Testing
14 84 (7.07%) Continuous Integration
15 83 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (6.82%) Coaching
17 80 (6.73%) Code Quality
18 76 (6.40%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 219 (18.43%) SQL
2 209 (17.59%) C#
3 207 (17.42%) Python
4 165 (13.89%) JavaScript
5 157 (13.22%) Java
6 148 (12.46%) C
7 77 (6.48%) C++
8 45 (3.79%) Embedded C
9 43 (3.62%) Bash
9 43 (3.62%) MATLAB
9 43 (3.62%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.94%) PowerShell
11 22 (1.85%) Fortran
12 19 (1.60%) Perl
13 18 (1.52%) VB.NET
14 17 (1.43%) Groovy
15 16 (1.35%) PL/SQL
16 14 (1.18%) Ruby
17 13 (1.09%) Go
17 13 (1.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 335 (28.20%) Degree
2 163 (13.72%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (6.57%) ISTQB
5 61 (5.13%) SC Cleared
6 25 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (2.10%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 19 (1.60%) ISEB
7 19 (1.60%) PhD
8 17 (1.43%) HND
9 12 (1.01%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.01%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.76%) IIBA
11 8 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.51%) CSPO
13 5 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.34%) CIPD
14 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (21.63%) QA
2 32 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.36%) WCAG
4 27 (2.27%) GDPR
5 25 (2.10%) MISRA
6 15 (1.26%) ISO 26262
6 15 (1.26%) ISO 9001
7 12 (1.01%) Automotive SPICE
7 12 (1.01%) AUTOSAR
8 10 (0.84%) SLA
9 8 (0.67%) PSD2
10 7 (0.59%) DO-254
10 7 (0.59%) IEC 61508
10 7 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.34%) DICOM
12 4 (0.34%) HL7
12 4 (0.34%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.25%) Def Stans
System Software
1 60 (5.05%) Firmware
2 52 (4.38%) Docker
3 26 (2.19%) VMware NSX
4 22 (1.85%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.34%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.084%) NFS
10 1 (0.084%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 41 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.52%) SCCM
3 17 (1.43%) Terraform
4 13 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.34%) Ansible
7 3 (0.25%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.25%) Grafana
7 3 (0.25%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.17%) Puppet
9 1 (0.084%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.084%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.084%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.084%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 199 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.54%) IBM
2 42 (3.54%) VMware
3 36 (3.03%) Oracle
4 30 (2.53%) Google
5 20 (1.68%) SAP
6 18 (1.52%) Lauterbach
7 16 (1.35%) HP
7 16 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 10 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 10 (0.84%) Citrix
10 9 (0.76%) Rockwell
10 9 (0.76%) TOWER Software
11 8 (0.67%) Duck Creek
11 8 (0.67%) Sage
11 8 (0.67%) Siemens
12 7 (0.59%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.51%) Epicor
13 6 (0.51%) Jaspersoft