System Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 550 514
Rank change year-on-year -50 -36 +54
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 168 187 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.33% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.35% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 119 108 190
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £39,500 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +13.99% +13.53%
75th Percentile £61,500 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,125 £84,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -3.51% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

System 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for System Testing in the UK excluding London

System Testing
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 System Testing 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
South East +17 70 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Midlands -29 30 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North of England +14 26 £42,500 -13.16% 16
North West -3 20 £40,144 -27.01% 9
West Midlands -29 20 £55,000 - 15
South West -42 19 £57,500 -3.36% 11
Scotland -51 18 £38,500 -23.00% 10
East Midlands -19 10 £42,500 +7.59% 15
Yorkshire +46 6 £47,500 +23.38% 5
East of England -6 5 £65,000 +4.00% 2
System Testing
UK

System Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.14%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (10.71%) Simulink
2 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) SAP MII
2 1 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.60%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 11 (6.55%) SaaS
2 10 (5.95%) Azure
3 9 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.57%) AWS
5 5 (2.98%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.38%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.19%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.19%) GitHub
8 2 (1.19%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.19%) DNS
1 2 (1.19%) Internet
1 2 (1.19%) Network Security
1 2 (1.19%) Skype
1 2 (1.19%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.19%) Wireless
1 2 (1.19%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.60%) Modbus
2 1 (0.60%) MQTT
2 1 (0.60%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.93%) MySQL
3 13 (7.74%) GIS
3 13 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (7.14%) Relational Database
5 10 (5.95%) Geospatial Data
5 10 (5.95%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.57%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.57%) Redis
7 5 (2.98%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (2.98%) Power BI
8 4 (2.38%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.60%) DTS
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Ant
2 9 (5.36%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.98%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.79%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.60%) JIRA
5 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.60%) Postman
5 1 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.31%) Finance
4 10 (5.95%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.17%) Military
7 5 (2.98%) Marketing
7 5 (2.98%) Retail
8 4 (2.38%) Aviation
8 4 (2.38%) Electronics
8 4 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.38%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.79%) Legal
9 3 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.19%) Automotive
10 2 (1.19%) Banking
10 2 (1.19%) Billing
11 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (33.93%) Developer
2 32 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 23 (13.69%) Software Developer
4 20 (11.90%) C++ Developer
5 18 (10.71%) Embedded Developer
5 18 (10.71%) Embedded Software Developer
6 16 (9.52%) Analyst
7 13 (7.74%) Tester
8 10 (5.95%) Software Tester
9 9 (5.36%) Senior
10 8 (4.76%) Consultant
10 8 (4.76%) Test Analyst
11 7 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Architect
12 6 (3.57%) Research Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Research Software Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Test Manager
13 5 (2.98%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 5 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.98%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (15.48%) Hibernate
2 24 (14.29%) .NET
3 13 (7.74%) .NET Core
4 11 (6.55%) AngularJS
4 11 (6.55%) XML
5 10 (5.95%) HTML
6 9 (5.36%) CSS
7 7 (4.17%) .NET Framework
7 7 (4.17%) ASP.NET
8 6 (3.57%) Blazor
8 6 (3.57%) HTML5
8 6 (3.57%) JSON
8 6 (3.57%) Node.js
8 6 (3.57%) PostGIS
8 6 (3.57%) React
8 6 (3.57%) RESTful
8 6 (3.57%) Svelte
8 6 (3.57%) Vue
9 5 (2.98%) GeoJSON
10 4 (2.38%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) NHS
2 6 (3.57%) SCADA
3 5 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.19%) BYOD
6 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.19%) FMCG
6 2 (1.19%) PKI
6 2 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.60%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.60%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.60%) IoT
7 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 51 (30.36%) Linux
2 48 (28.57%) Windows
3 21 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.98%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (30.95%) Software Engineering
3 50 (29.76%) Test Automation
4 30 (17.86%) Code Quality
5 29 (17.26%) Software Testing
6 27 (16.07%) DevOps
7 25 (14.88%) User Acceptance Testing
8 23 (13.69%) Continuous Integration
9 22 (13.10%) Actionable Insight
9 22 (13.10%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (12.50%) Computer Science
11 20 (11.90%) Multithreading
12 19 (11.31%) Agile
13 18 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
13 18 (10.71%) Embedded Software Development
13 18 (10.71%) Machine Learning
13 18 (10.71%) Signal Processing
14 17 (10.12%) Project Management
15 16 (9.52%) Migration
16 15 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 59 (35.12%) Java
2 48 (28.57%) C++
3 40 (23.81%) C#
3 40 (23.81%) Python
4 37 (22.02%) SQL
5 35 (20.83%) JavaScript
6 25 (14.88%) C
7 8 (4.76%) VB
8 7 (4.17%) Ada
9 5 (2.98%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.38%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.79%) Rust
12 2 (1.19%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.60%) ABAP
13 1 (0.60%) PHP
13 1 (0.60%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 39 (23.21%) Degree
3 37 (22.02%) SC Cleared
4 20 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (10.71%) DV Cleared
6 7 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.79%) HND
7 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.19%) MCSE
9 1 (0.60%) CBAP
9 1 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.60%) HNC
9 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (1.79%) Def Stans
2 3 (1.79%) MISRA
3 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.60%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) WSUS
2 1 (0.60%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 18 (10.71%) Oracle
1 18 (10.71%) Xilinx
2 14 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.36%) SAP
4 7 (4.17%) ESRI
4 7 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.79%) AVEVA
6 2 (1.19%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (0.60%) Agilent
7 1 (0.60%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (0.60%) Ariba
7 1 (0.60%) Concur
7 1 (0.60%) Denodo
7 1 (0.60%) HP
7 1 (0.60%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.60%) Siemens
7 1 (0.60%) Talend