Software Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 691 392 618
Rank change year-on-year -299 +226 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 77 414 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.73% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.82% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 67 60 147
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £26,875 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,700 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% -5.75% +9.59%
75th Percentile £43,750 £49,688 £45,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £62,100 £57,200
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Software Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England -125 21 £35,000 +3.70% 8
Scotland -79 19 £38,500 +25.20%
North West -102 16 £37,500 +15.38% 7
East of England -31 15 £27,500 -29.49% 2
South East -28 13 £45,000 +18.58% 2
Midlands -99 7 £35,000 +6.06% 3
Yorkshire +3 5 £30,000 -50.82% 1
East Midlands -42 4 £46,000 +15.00% 2
West Midlands -79 3 £35,000 +42.86% 1
South West -41 2 £32,500 -18.75% 1
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 76 (98.70%) Software Testing
2 47 (61.04%) Test Automation
3 30 (38.96%) QA
4 22 (28.57%) Python
4 22 (28.57%) Manual Testing
5 21 (27.27%) SDLC
6 20 (25.97%) C#
7 19 (24.68%) JavaScript
7 19 (24.68%) Computer Science
7 19 (24.68%) Degree
8 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
9 15 (19.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
9 15 (19.48%) Code Quality
10 14 (18.18%) Test Scripting
10 14 (18.18%) Agile
11 12 (15.58%) .NET
11 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (14.29%) SaaS
13 10 (12.99%) System Testing
13 10 (12.99%) ISTQB
14 9 (11.69%) JIRA
14 9 (11.69%) Selenium
14 9 (11.69%) Validation
14 9 (11.69%) Migration
14 9 (11.69%) Java
14 9 (11.69%) Acceptance Criteria
14 9 (11.69%) Business Case
15 8 (10.39%) Virtual Machines

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) SaaS
2 7 (9.09%) Azure
3 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.30%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.90%) Internet
2 2 (2.60%) HTTP
2 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.69%) JIRA
1 9 (11.69%) Selenium
2 4 (5.19%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.90%) Postman
4 2 (2.60%) Git
4 2 (2.60%) SoapUI
4 2 (2.60%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.60%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.30%) Appium
5 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.30%) eggPlant
5 1 (1.30%) JMeter
5 1 (1.30%) JUnit
5 1 (1.30%) TestNG
General
1 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Finance
3 7 (9.09%) Legal
4 5 (6.49%) Automotive
5 4 (5.19%) Games
6 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Back Office
8 1 (1.30%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.30%) Electronics
8 1 (1.30%) Law
8 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.30%) Marketing
8 1 (1.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) .NET
2 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.90%) SOAP
3 2 (2.60%) REST
3 2 (2.60%) Web Services
4 1 (1.30%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.30%) JSON
4 1 (1.30%) RESTful
4 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.60%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.60%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.30%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.30%) FMCG
4 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.30%) NHS
4 1 (1.30%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.19%) Android
1 4 (5.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.60%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (98.70%) Software Testing
2 47 (61.04%) Test Automation
3 22 (28.57%) Manual Testing
4 21 (27.27%) SDLC
5 19 (24.68%) Computer Science
6 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
7 15 (19.48%) Code Quality
8 14 (18.18%) Agile
8 14 (18.18%) Test Scripting
9 12 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.99%) System Testing
11 9 (11.69%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (11.69%) Business Case
11 9 (11.69%) Migration
11 9 (11.69%) Validation
12 8 (10.39%) Test Management
13 7 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
13 7 (9.09%) Mathematics
14 6 (7.79%) DevOps
14 6 (7.79%) Exploratory Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) Python
2 20 (25.97%) C#
3 19 (24.68%) JavaScript
4 9 (11.69%) Java
5 4 (5.19%) SQL
6 2 (2.60%) Bash
6 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Degree
2 15 (19.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (12.99%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.60%) HND
4 2 (2.60%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (38.96%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft