Software Quality Assurance Tester
UK
The median Software Quality Assurance Tester salary in the UK is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 686 | 909 | 961 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +223 | +52 | +252 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Tester | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | 0.005% | 0.004% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.008% | 0.005% | 0.004% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,625 | £29,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37,188 | £31,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,750 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +34.62% | -13.33% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £40,000 | £39,688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £42,250 | £41,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +31.03% | -3.33% | -6.25% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 48,283 | 93,229 | 94,684 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.44% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,442 | 66,845 | 59,589 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Software QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software QA Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Tester.
Software QA Tester
Top 6 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 6 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 |
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| England | +179 | 4 | £43,750 | +2.94% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +209 | 3 | £47,500 | +31.03% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +152 | 2 | £38,750 | +19.23% | |
| South East | +99 | 2 | £47,500 | +11.76% | |
| South West | - | 1 | £40,000 | - | |
| London | - | 1 | £37,500 | - | 1 |
Software QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 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 featuring Software QA Tester in the job title.
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Software QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: