Software Tester
UK
The median Software Tester salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 676 | 789 | 444 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | -345 | +522 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester | 34 | 98 | 683 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.063% | 0.099% | 0.67% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.070% | 0.10% | 0.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 31 | 83 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,250 | £30,200 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,375 | £30,625 | £32,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £38,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.39% | -3.75% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £49,375 | £44,750 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,750 | £69,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,500 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.39% | +2.67% | - |
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 | 48,816 | 93,552 | 93,960 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.64% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,241 | 67,063 | 59,087 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,501 | £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 Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester.
Software Tester
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
Software Tester
Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 8 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 | +111 | 28 | £41,250 | +10.00% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | +126 | 26 | £42,500 | +10.39% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +145 | 20 | £42,500 | +10.39% | 6 |
| South East | +100 | 9 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 5 |
| Midlands | +49 | 7 | £42,500 | +22.30% | 6 |
| London | +98 | 6 | £31,750 | -28.65% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 5 | £42,500 | +30.77% | 3 |
| Scotland | +109 | 4 | £50,000 | +29.87% | |
| North of England | +53 | 4 | £40,000 | +14.29% | 2 |
| South West | +123 | 2 | £41,250 | +26.92% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +37 | 2 | £37,500 | -18.48% | 3 |
| North West | -9 | 2 | £45,000 | +20.00% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 1 | £28,000 | -6.67% | |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, 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 featuring Software Tester in the job title.
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Software 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:
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