Software Testing Jobs

Software Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 172 92
Rank change year-on-year +11 -80 +26
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,475 1,726 6,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 2.14% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.24% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,068 2,365
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,630 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing.

Salary trend for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the UK

Software Testing
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -11 1,229 £52,500 -8.70% 221
UK excluding London +1 1,187 £50,000 -4.76% 221
Work from Home -1 536 £56,250 -6.25% 96
South East -6 308 £50,000 -9.09% 51
North of England +8 248 £55,000 +4.76% 37
Midlands -4 230 £42,500 -8.11% 30
London -81 197 £65,000 -0.76% 36
North West -5 152 £55,000 -8.33% 21
South West -33 132 £58,700 +6.73% 55
Scotland +12 120 £47,500 -3.06% 10
West Midlands -18 115 £47,500 +5.56% 12
East Midlands +14 114 £40,000 -17.95% 18
East of England -3 104 £55,000 -21.43% 27
Yorkshire +47 81 £57,965 +13.10% 15
Wales +31 29 £52,500 +13.61% 7
Northern Ireland +28 16 £52,500 -4.55% 15
North East -3 15 £55,000 - 3

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (3.12%) Confluence
2 23 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.29%) Apache
4 14 (0.95%) IIS
5 12 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.61%) WinCC
7 6 (0.41%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.27%) IBM Notes
9 4 (0.27%) TWiki
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.068%) Luigi
12 1 (0.068%) nginx
12 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.76%) Simulink
3 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (1.08%) Stateflow
5 8 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.27%) Trello
8 3 (0.20%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.47%) BPCS
1 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.14%) ProductWriter
4 1 (0.068%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.068%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 300 (20.34%) Azure
2 231 (15.66%) AWS
3 69 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
4 62 (4.20%) SaaS
5 45 (3.05%) GitHub
6 30 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
7 27 (1.83%) GCP
7 27 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 21 (1.42%) Serverless
10 19 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 11 (0.75%) BrowserStack
11 11 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (0.75%) OpenShift
12 9 (0.61%) Azure AKS
12 9 (0.61%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (0.61%) BlazeMeter
13 8 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 32 (2.17%) Wireless
3 31 (2.10%) Firewall
4 24 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.49%) Internet
6 21 (1.42%) Ethernet
6 21 (1.42%) RS-485
7 18 (1.22%) 4G
8 17 (1.15%) HTTP
9 16 (1.08%) MQTT
10 13 (0.88%) 3G
11 12 (0.81%) DVB
12 9 (0.61%) Network Security
12 9 (0.61%) RS-232
13 8 (0.54%) LAN
13 8 (0.54%) WAN
14 7 (0.47%) Modbus
15 6 (0.41%) Profibus
15 6 (0.41%) VPN
15 6 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (6.24%) SQL Server
2 85 (5.76%) Geospatial Data
3 38 (2.58%) Relational Database
4 22 (1.49%) DynamoDB
5 15 (1.02%) OLTP
6 14 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (0.88%) MySQL
7 13 (0.88%) NoSQL
8 12 (0.81%) Power BI
9 11 (0.75%) Big Data
10 10 (0.68%) Redis
10 10 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.34%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (0.27%) Couchbase
15 4 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 162 (10.98%) JIRA
2 138 (9.36%) Selenium
3 85 (5.76%) Git
4 68 (4.61%) Jenkins
5 66 (4.47%) Visual Studio
6 56 (3.80%) Cypress.io
7 49 (3.32%) Postman
8 46 (3.12%) Cucumber
8 46 (3.12%) GitLab
9 44 (2.98%) JMeter
10 35 (2.37%) Bitbucket
10 35 (2.37%) SpecFlow
11 31 (2.10%) JUnit
12 26 (1.76%) LabVIEW
13 23 (1.56%) Appium
13 23 (1.56%) WebDriver
14 20 (1.36%) SoapUI
14 20 (1.36%) TestNG
15 18 (1.22%) Maven
15 18 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 433 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 175 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (9.42%) Finance
4 114 (7.73%) Retail
5 111 (7.53%) Legal
6 90 (6.10%) Electronics
7 74 (5.02%) Public Sector
8 57 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (3.73%) Manufacturing
10 45 (3.05%) Automotive
11 42 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (2.78%) Marketing
13 40 (2.71%) Aerospace
13 40 (2.71%) Law
14 25 (1.69%) Games
15 21 (1.42%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.36%) Tech for Good
17 18 (1.22%) Banking
18 16 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (0.81%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 235 (15.93%) Senior
2 213 (14.44%) Developer
3 197 (13.36%) Software Engineer
4 184 (12.47%) Analyst
5 133 (9.02%) Lead
6 132 (8.95%) Test Engineer
7 118 (8.00%) Architect
8 115 (7.80%) Software Architect
9 114 (7.73%) Tester
10 88 (5.97%) Business Analyst
11 85 (5.76%) Geospatial Architect
12 73 (4.95%) Software Developer
13 70 (4.75%) Senior Developer
14 65 (4.41%) Software Tester
15 58 (3.93%) QA Engineer
16 57 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
17 56 (3.80%) Embedded Engineer
18 55 (3.73%) Software Test Engineer
18 55 (3.73%) Team Leader
19 48 (3.25%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (10.17%) .NET
2 112 (7.59%) HTML
3 74 (5.02%) REST
4 68 (4.61%) XML
5 63 (4.27%) CSS
6 58 (3.93%) Web Services
7 48 (3.25%) JSON
8 46 (3.12%) Playwright
9 44 (2.98%) Node.js
10 41 (2.78%) React
11 36 (2.44%) RESTful
12 32 (2.17%) .NET Framework
12 32 (2.17%) ASP.NET
13 31 (2.10%) SOAP
14 28 (1.90%) Spring
15 25 (1.69%) .NET Core
16 22 (1.49%) AngularJS
17 21 (1.42%) Kafka
18 20 (1.36%) Swagger
19 19 (1.29%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 89 (6.03%) Legacy Systems
2 86 (5.83%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (4.27%) Algorithms
5 50 (3.39%) Mobile App
6 41 (2.78%) IoT
7 38 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
8 35 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 33 (2.24%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.10%) Embedded Systems
11 30 (2.03%) Cloud Native
12 22 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.49%) FPGA
12 22 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
13 18 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
14 17 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
15 16 (1.08%) Driving Licence
16 14 (0.95%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
17 13 (0.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 220 (14.92%) Linux
2 101 (6.85%) Windows
3 56 (3.80%) Unix
4 33 (2.24%) Embedded Linux
5 22 (1.49%) Android
6 21 (1.42%) Windows Server
7 19 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 17 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (0.54%) Debian
11 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.20%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.14%) CentOS
13 2 (0.14%) VMS
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Mobile
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.068%) Solaris
14 1 (0.068%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (40.07%) Agile
2 518 (35.12%) Test Automation
3 356 (24.14%) Software Engineering
4 313 (21.22%) DevOps
5 300 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
6 246 (16.68%) SDLC
7 226 (15.32%) CI/CD
8 210 (14.24%) Computer Science
9 142 (9.63%) Test Scripting
10 139 (9.42%) Coaching
11 125 (8.47%) Regression Testing
12 118 (8.00%) Scrum
13 117 (7.93%) Software Architecture
14 116 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 114 (7.73%) Migration
16 108 (7.32%) Code Quality
17 104 (7.05%) Business Analysis
17 104 (7.05%) Process Improvement
17 104 (7.05%) Test Strategy
18 103 (6.98%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 305 (20.68%) Python
2 266 (18.03%) C#
3 256 (17.36%) SQL
4 211 (14.31%) JavaScript
5 185 (12.54%) Java
6 164 (11.12%) C
7 154 (10.44%) C++
8 72 (4.88%) TypeScript
9 65 (4.41%) Bash
10 60 (4.07%) Fortran
11 38 (2.58%) Embedded C
12 34 (2.31%) MATLAB
13 30 (2.03%) Go
14 27 (1.83%) Perl
14 27 (1.83%) PowerShell
15 24 (1.63%) Groovy
16 19 (1.29%) T-SQL
17 16 (1.08%) PHP
18 15 (1.02%) PL/SQL
19 13 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 433 (29.36%) Degree
2 195 (13.22%) Security Cleared
3 96 (6.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 95 (6.44%) ISTQB
5 76 (5.15%) SC Cleared
6 50 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.64%) PhD
8 32 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (1.83%) ISEB
10 23 (1.56%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.29%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.81%) IIBA
13 11 (0.75%) HND
14 10 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.61%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.54%) HNC
17 6 (0.41%) CSPO
18 5 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
19 4 (0.27%) CBAP
20 3 (0.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 343 (23.25%) QA
2 56 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.83%) GDPR
3 27 (1.83%) WCAG
4 20 (1.36%) ISO 9001
5 19 (1.29%) SLA
6 16 (1.08%) MISRA
7 15 (1.02%) ISO 26262
8 11 (0.75%) AUTOSAR
9 8 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
10 6 (0.41%) ISO 13485
10 6 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 5 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.27%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.27%) DICOM
12 4 (0.27%) EMIR
12 4 (0.27%) HL7
12 4 (0.27%) MiFID
12 4 (0.27%) MISRA C
System Software
1 90 (6.10%) Docker
2 49 (3.32%) Firmware
3 11 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.14%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.068%) NFS
10 1 (0.068%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 85 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.98%) Terraform
3 21 (1.42%) Ansible
4 17 (1.15%) Progress Chef
4 17 (1.15%) Puppet
5 15 (1.02%) Salt
6 11 (0.75%) Grafana
7 7 (0.47%) Kibana
8 5 (0.34%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.34%) SCCM
9 4 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.20%) Wonderware InTouch
11 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.068%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.068%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 219 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.98%) Oracle
3 24 (1.63%) ServiceNow
4 22 (1.49%) Google
5 20 (1.36%) IBM
6 18 (1.22%) SAP
6 18 (1.22%) VMware
7 15 (1.02%) Rockwell
8 14 (0.95%) Splunk
9 13 (0.88%) Siemens
10 11 (0.75%) BT
10 11 (0.75%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.68%) HP
11 10 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.61%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.61%) AVEVA
12 9 (0.61%) Citrix
12 9 (0.61%) TOWER Software
13 8 (0.54%) Lauterbach
13 8 (0.54%) Sage