Software Testing Jobs in Wales

Software Testing
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 78 109 98
Rank change year-on-year +31 -11 -20
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 29 27 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.50% 1.58% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.64% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 13 24 10
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,300 £23,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,819 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,210 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.61% +8.73% +5.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £44,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,196 £49,125
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,351 1,646 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 70.04% 96.26% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 920 809 1,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +12.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Wales

Software Testing
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Wales region 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
South Wales +31 23 £52,500 +16.67% 4
West Wales +10 3 £51,654 +11.78% 1
Mid Wales - 2 - - 1
North Wales +1 1 - - 2
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) BrowserStack
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Bluetooth
1 2 (6.90%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.90%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (24.14%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Selenium
2 4 (13.79%) Git
2 4 (13.79%) JMeter
2 4 (13.79%) Postman
3 3 (10.34%) Cucumber
3 3 (10.34%) Visual Studio
4 2 (6.90%) SoapUI
5 1 (3.45%) Appium
5 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (3.45%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (3.45%) JUnit
5 1 (3.45%) REST Assured
5 1 (3.45%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (3.45%) SpecFlow
5 1 (3.45%) TestNG
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Lead
2 7 (24.14%) Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Geospatial Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Software Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Automation Test Lead
3 5 (17.24%) Test Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) QA Leader
4 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Development Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) QA Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) .NET
1 4 (13.79%) REST
2 3 (10.34%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.45%) Playwright
3 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.90%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Test Automation
2 14 (48.28%) Agile
3 11 (37.93%) DevOps
4 9 (31.03%) Migration
5 8 (27.59%) Software Engineering
6 7 (24.14%) Software Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) Test Strategy
7 6 (20.69%) CI/CD
7 6 (20.69%) Mathematics
8 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
8 4 (13.79%) SDLC
9 3 (10.34%) BDD
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
9 3 (10.34%) Fintech
9 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
9 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Regression Testing
10 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (6.90%) Test Scripting
10 2 (6.90%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) C#
2 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
3 6 (20.69%) C
3 6 (20.69%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) Java
5 2 (6.90%) C++
5 2 (6.90%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.45%) Groovy
6 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) QA
2 4 (13.79%) MISRA
3 2 (6.90%) MISRA C
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) MuleSoft
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle
1 2 (6.90%) OutSystems
1 2 (6.90%) Rockwell
1 2 (6.90%) Siemens
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft