Software Testing Jobs in Bristol

Software Testing
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 85 68
Rank change year-on-year -25 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 53 82 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.53% 3.33% 4.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 3.48% 4.73%
Number of salaries quoted 31 35 89
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £155,665 £72,500 £69,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,925 2,354 3,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 84.34% 95.54% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,155 1,410 2,161
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,972 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £43,184 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,191 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.62% +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,610 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,367 £86,250
South West median annual salary £51,186 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +8.00% +8.70%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (7.55%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.77%) AutoCAD
2 2 (3.77%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) Azure
2 10 (18.87%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) GCP
4 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.77%) BrowserStack
5 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.77%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.77%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) VPN
2 1 (1.89%) HTTP
2 1 (1.89%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (7.55%) Big Data
2 4 (7.55%) BigQuery
2 4 (7.55%) Data Lake
2 4 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.55%) Flink
2 4 (7.55%) Hadoop
2 4 (7.55%) Relational Database
2 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (20.75%) JIRA
2 7 (13.21%) Git
2 7 (13.21%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (9.43%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (7.55%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (5.66%) Appium
5 3 (5.66%) JMeter
5 3 (5.66%) SpecFlow
5 3 (5.66%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (3.77%) Cypress.io
6 2 (3.77%) Postman
6 2 (3.77%) REST Assured
6 2 (3.77%) Selenium
6 2 (3.77%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.89%) Gatling
7 1 (1.89%) JBehave
7 1 (1.89%) JUnit
7 1 (1.89%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.43%) Finance
3 5 (9.43%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Banking
5 3 (5.66%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.89%) Aviation
6 1 (1.89%) Games
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Military
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (18.87%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Architect
3 7 (13.21%) Full Stack Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Full Stack Python Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Geospatial Architect
3 7 (13.21%) Python Developer
3 7 (13.21%) Software Architect
4 6 (11.32%) Tester
5 4 (7.55%) Head of Engineering
5 4 (7.55%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Applications Support Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Automation Test Lead
7 2 (3.77%) Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Graduate Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) React
1 7 (13.21%) Vue
2 6 (11.32%) .NET
3 4 (7.55%) Apache Beam
4 3 (5.66%) Kafka
5 2 (3.77%) Playwright
6 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.89%) CSS
6 1 (1.89%) gRPC
6 1 (1.89%) HTML
6 1 (1.89%) JSP
6 1 (1.89%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Algorithms
2 7 (13.21%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.55%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.55%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.77%) Acoustics
5 2 (3.77%) iPhone
6 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.89%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.77%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.89%) Android
4 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (54.72%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (41.51%) Agile
3 15 (28.30%) Computer Science
4 13 (24.53%) SysML
5 12 (22.64%) TDD
6 11 (20.75%) DevOps
7 10 (18.87%) Software Engineering
7 10 (18.87%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (18.87%) Validation
7 10 (18.87%) Web Development
8 8 (15.09%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (15.09%) Software Architecture
8 8 (15.09%) Test Automation
8 8 (15.09%) UML
8 8 (15.09%) User Experience
9 7 (13.21%) Full Stack Development
9 7 (13.21%) Migration
10 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
10 6 (11.32%) Roadmaps
11 5 (9.43%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.64%) Python
2 10 (18.87%) Java
3 5 (9.43%) C#
3 5 (9.43%) SQL
4 4 (7.55%) Scala
5 3 (5.66%) C++
5 3 (5.66%) Go
6 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.89%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (41.51%) Degree
2 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (9.43%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.89%) HND
5 1 (1.89%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) IEC 61508
1 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 4 (7.55%) QA
4 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.89%) AQAP
5 1 (1.89%) DO-254
5 1 (1.89%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) IBM
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) Teradata
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.77%) Apple