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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 61 85
Rank change year-on-year -110 +24 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,231 3,083 2,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.74% 5.13% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 5.36% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 937 819 1,362
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,126 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £50,000 £46,125
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +8.40% +2.50%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £72,500
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 59,475 57,466 67,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.95% 95.60% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41,116 29,651 41,279
10th Percentile £27,250 £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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 13 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 13 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 -52 319 £48,000 -12.73% 104
North of England -110 282 £55,000 +10.00% 73
Midlands -130 181 £45,000 - 70
North West -117 162 £55,000 +10.00% 42
South West -74 138 £50,000 +6.38% 57
East of England -53 134 £55,000 -15.38% 64
West Midlands -104 128 £45,000 -5.26% 41
Scotland -99 125 £45,000 -3.84% 30
Yorkshire -55 101 £55,000 +10.00% 28
East Midlands -93 53 £49,329 +23.32% 29
Wales +28 41 £47,500 +2.79% 14
North East -5 19 £55,000 -0.90% 3
Northern Ireland +11 11 £37,500 -42.31% 8
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 (3.74%) Confluence
2 25 (2.03%) IIS
3 19 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 12 (0.97%) Apache
5 7 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 6 (0.49%) WinCC
7 4 (0.32%) TWiki
8 3 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.081%) CMS
10 1 (0.081%) JBoss
10 1 (0.081%) Moodle
10 1 (0.081%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.081%) Totara
10 1 (0.081%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.52%) Simulink
3 23 (1.87%) Stateflow
4 19 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.57%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.16%) TargetLink
9 2 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) BPCS
1 7 (0.57%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.16%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.081%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 219 (17.79%) Azure
2 160 (13.00%) AWS
3 59 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (4.63%) SaaS
5 43 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
6 38 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (2.92%) GitHub
8 27 (2.19%) GCP
9 18 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (0.81%) Google Play
11 9 (0.73%) BlazeMeter
12 8 (0.65%) Slack
13 7 (0.57%) IaaS
14 6 (0.49%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.49%) Power Platform
15 4 (0.32%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (0.32%) Serverless
16 3 (0.24%) BrowserStack
16 3 (0.24%) Power Automate
16 3 (0.24%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.66%) TCP/IP
2 30 (2.44%) Wireless
3 25 (2.03%) WAN
4 24 (1.95%) Firewall
4 24 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.79%) Internet
6 20 (1.62%) Network Security
6 20 (1.62%) RS-485
7 17 (1.38%) 4G
7 17 (1.38%) Ethernet
8 16 (1.30%) LAN
9 14 (1.14%) RS-232
10 13 (1.06%) MQTT
11 12 (0.97%) 3G
12 11 (0.89%) J1939
13 7 (0.57%) Modbus
14 6 (0.49%) Wireshark
15 5 (0.41%) FlexRay
15 5 (0.41%) VPN
16 4 (0.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (6.42%) SQL Server
2 38 (3.09%) NoSQL
3 20 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (1.62%) Geospatial Data
3 20 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.06%) Big Data
4 13 (1.06%) MySQL
5 12 (0.97%) Data Lake
5 12 (0.97%) OLTP
6 7 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 6 (0.49%) Hadoop
7 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.41%) Power BI
9 4 (0.32%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.32%) Flink
9 4 (0.32%) InterSystems Cache
10 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.24%) SQLite
11 2 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 170 (13.81%) JIRA
2 102 (8.29%) Selenium
3 86 (6.99%) Git
4 69 (5.61%) Jenkins
5 59 (4.79%) Cypress.io
6 57 (4.63%) Visual Studio
7 55 (4.47%) Postman
8 54 (4.39%) Cucumber
9 40 (3.25%) GitLab
9 40 (3.25%) JMeter
10 34 (2.76%) JUnit
11 32 (2.60%) Appium
12 27 (2.19%) Bitbucket
13 25 (2.03%) LabVIEW
14 21 (1.71%) SoapUI
15 18 (1.46%) ClearCase
15 18 (1.46%) Plastic SCM
16 16 (1.30%) MSTest
17 14 (1.14%) ClearQuest
18 13 (1.06%) SpecFlow
General
1 290 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 189 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
3 113 (9.18%) Finance
4 109 (8.85%) Electronics
5 58 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (4.63%) Public Sector
7 54 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 54 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (4.22%) Retail
9 49 (3.98%) Automotive
10 42 (3.41%) Legal
11 37 (3.01%) Aerospace
12 33 (2.68%) Marketing
13 21 (1.71%) Law
14 20 (1.62%) Banking
15 19 (1.54%) Games
15 19 (1.54%) Military
16 16 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 14 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 184 (14.95%) Senior
2 170 (13.81%) Software Engineer
3 167 (13.57%) Developer
4 133 (10.80%) Tester
5 127 (10.32%) Test Engineer
6 100 (8.12%) Analyst
7 97 (7.88%) Lead
8 80 (6.50%) Software Tester
9 63 (5.12%) QA Engineer
9 63 (5.12%) Software Test Engineer
10 59 (4.79%) Systems Engineer
11 53 (4.31%) Software Developer
12 50 (4.06%) Embedded Engineer
13 48 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
14 46 (3.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 43 (3.49%) Test Analyst
16 40 (3.25%) Hardware Engineer
17 39 (3.17%) Architect
18 38 (3.09%) Senior Developer
19 36 (2.92%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (9.99%) .NET
2 56 (4.55%) HTML
3 53 (4.31%) Web Services
4 51 (4.14%) REST
5 41 (3.33%) XML
6 37 (3.01%) Playwright
7 34 (2.76%) SOAP
8 31 (2.52%) React
9 30 (2.44%) .NET Framework
10 29 (2.36%) JSON
11 27 (2.19%) Spring
12 24 (1.95%) CSS
13 23 (1.87%) Spring Boot
14 22 (1.79%) RESTful
15 21 (1.71%) .NET Core
16 15 (1.22%) ASP.NET
16 15 (1.22%) Kafka
17 14 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
17 14 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
18 12 (0.97%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.01%) Product Ownership
2 73 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
3 53 (4.31%) Mobile App
4 49 (3.98%) Algorithms
5 43 (3.49%) IoT
6 35 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
8 29 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
9 28 (2.27%) Public Cloud
10 26 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
10 26 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.79%) Clustering
13 20 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.46%) Driving Licence
15 13 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (0.97%) Robotics
17 11 (0.89%) Client/Server
17 11 (0.89%) Data Structures
17 11 (0.89%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 138 (11.21%) Linux
2 125 (10.15%) Windows
3 34 (2.76%) Android
4 32 (2.60%) Unix
5 16 (1.30%) Embedded Linux
5 16 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 15 (1.22%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.73%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
9 6 (0.49%) Debian
10 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
10 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.32%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) CentOS
13 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.16%) Solaris
13 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (36.80%) Agile
2 427 (34.69%) Test Automation
3 294 (23.88%) Software Engineering
4 291 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
5 188 (15.27%) DevOps
6 180 (14.62%) Computer Science
7 172 (13.97%) CI/CD
8 138 (11.21%) SDLC
9 135 (10.97%) Mentoring
10 109 (8.85%) Regression Testing
10 109 (8.85%) Test Strategy
11 105 (8.53%) Scrum
12 102 (8.29%) TDD
13 99 (8.04%) Test Scripting
14 96 (7.80%) Coaching
15 89 (7.23%) Functional Testing
16 86 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
17 83 (6.74%) Code Quality
18 82 (6.66%) Continuous Integration
19 74 (6.01%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 217 (17.63%) SQL
2 215 (17.47%) Python
3 209 (16.98%) C#
4 163 (13.24%) JavaScript
5 153 (12.43%) Java
6 148 (12.02%) C
7 79 (6.42%) C++
8 46 (3.74%) Embedded C
9 44 (3.57%) Bash
10 43 (3.49%) MATLAB
11 39 (3.17%) TypeScript
12 25 (2.03%) Fortran
13 23 (1.87%) PowerShell
14 19 (1.54%) Perl
15 18 (1.46%) Groovy
15 18 (1.46%) VB.NET
16 15 (1.22%) PL/SQL
17 14 (1.14%) Ruby
18 13 (1.06%) Go
18 13 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 356 (28.92%) Degree
2 164 (13.32%) Security Cleared
3 95 (7.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (6.58%) ISTQB
5 61 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 26 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 25 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.03%) Master's Degree
8 19 (1.54%) ISEB
8 19 (1.54%) PhD
9 17 (1.38%) HND
10 13 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.81%) IIBA
12 8 (0.65%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.49%) CSPO
14 5 (0.41%) Chartered Engineer
14 5 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.32%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 279 (22.66%) QA
2 31 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.27%) WCAG
4 27 (2.19%) GDPR
5 25 (2.03%) MISRA
6 15 (1.22%) ISO 26262
6 15 (1.22%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.97%) Automotive SPICE
7 12 (0.97%) AUTOSAR
8 11 (0.89%) SLA
9 8 (0.65%) PSD2
10 7 (0.57%) DO-254
10 7 (0.57%) IEC 61508
10 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.32%) DICOM
12 4 (0.32%) HL7
12 4 (0.32%) ISO 13485
13 3 (0.24%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 60 (4.87%) Firmware
2 52 (4.22%) Docker
3 22 (1.79%) VMware NSX
4 21 (1.71%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.32%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.081%) NFS
10 1 (0.081%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 45 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.38%) SCCM
2 17 (1.38%) Terraform
3 13 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (0.41%) Ansible
6 4 (0.32%) Grafana
7 3 (0.24%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.24%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.16%) Kibana
8 2 (0.16%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.081%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.081%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.081%) Puppet
9 1 (0.081%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.081%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 197 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.41%) IBM
3 38 (3.09%) VMware
4 36 (2.92%) Oracle
5 31 (2.52%) Google
6 19 (1.54%) SAP
7 18 (1.46%) Lauterbach
7 18 (1.46%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.22%) HP
9 14 (1.14%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.81%) Atlassian
10 10 (0.81%) Citrix
10 10 (0.81%) Rockwell
11 9 (0.73%) Siemens
11 9 (0.73%) TOWER Software
12 8 (0.65%) Duck Creek
12 8 (0.65%) Sage
13 7 (0.57%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.49%) Epicor
14 6 (0.49%) Jaspersoft