Software Testing Jobs

Software Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 97 106
Rank change year-on-year -75 +9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,746 3,169 5,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.66% 3.35% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 3.51% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,220 2,197
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88,012 90,290 162,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.51% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,295 54,552 83,502
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,909
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 3 June 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 3 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
England -79 1,452 £50,000 -10.71% 431
UK excluding London -71 1,357 £50,000 - 380
Work from Home +1 661 £55,000 -4.35% 189
South East -34 346 £49,000 -10.91% 94
North of England -81 306 £55,000 +10.00% 65
London -83 284 £67,500 - 92
Midlands -81 227 £45,000 -2.70% 73
North West -90 175 £55,000 +10.00% 41
East of England -45 144 £55,000 -15.38% 54
West Midlands -80 137 £45,000 -5.81% 32
Scotland -70 136 £45,000 -10.00% 41
South West -73 135 £50,000 - 53
Yorkshire -21 111 £55,000 +10.00% 16
East Midlands -46 90 £49,329 +12.11% 42
Wales +33 48 £47,500 +2.79% 5
North East -12 20 £55,000 -1.79% 8
Northern Ireland +14 15 £37,500 -6.25% 7

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 55 (3.15%) Confluence
2 27 (1.55%) IIS
3 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.15%) SharePoint
4 17 (0.97%) Apache
5 9 (0.52%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.52%) WinCC
6 6 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.23%) IBM Notes
7 4 (0.23%) TWiki
8 3 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.057%) CMS
10 1 (0.057%) Moodle
10 1 (0.057%) nginx
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.057%) Totara
10 1 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (1.83%) Simulink
3 23 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.32%) Stateflow
4 11 (0.63%) AutoCAD
5 8 (0.46%) Revit
6 7 (0.40%) CANalyzer
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.40%) Trello
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.40%) BPCS
1 7 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.11%) ProductWriter
4 1 (0.057%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.057%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 384 (21.99%) Azure
2 280 (16.04%) AWS
3 86 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
4 69 (3.95%) SaaS
5 58 (3.32%) GitHub
6 54 (3.09%) GCP
7 48 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
8 40 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.20%) Power Platform
11 20 (1.15%) Serverless
12 17 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (0.57%) Google Play
15 9 (0.52%) BlazeMeter
16 8 (0.46%) Slack
17 7 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 7 (0.40%) IaaS
18 6 (0.34%) Entra ID
18 6 (0.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.86%) TCP/IP
2 35 (2.00%) Wireless
3 28 (1.60%) Firewall
4 25 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.26%) RS-485
5 22 (1.26%) WAN
6 21 (1.20%) Internet
7 20 (1.15%) Ethernet
8 18 (1.03%) 4G
9 15 (0.86%) MQTT
10 14 (0.80%) LAN
10 14 (0.80%) Network Security
10 14 (0.80%) RS-232
11 13 (0.74%) 3G
12 11 (0.63%) J1939
13 9 (0.52%) Modbus
14 6 (0.34%) DVB
14 6 (0.34%) HTTP
14 6 (0.34%) VPN
14 6 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.16%) SQL Server
2 88 (5.04%) Geospatial Data
3 52 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 49 (2.81%) NoSQL
5 23 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (1.20%) DynamoDB
6 21 (1.20%) Redis
7 17 (0.97%) Big Data
8 16 (0.92%) MySQL
9 15 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.74%) OLTP
11 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.69%) Power BI
13 11 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (0.57%) MongoDB
15 8 (0.46%) Hadoop
16 6 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.34%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.34%) Flink
Development Applications
1 221 (12.66%) JIRA
2 163 (9.34%) Selenium
3 109 (6.24%) Git
4 91 (5.21%) Jenkins
5 74 (4.24%) Cypress.io
6 68 (3.89%) Visual Studio
7 66 (3.78%) Postman
8 65 (3.72%) Cucumber
9 62 (3.55%) JUnit
10 60 (3.44%) GitLab
11 55 (3.15%) JMeter
12 35 (2.00%) WebDriver
13 34 (1.95%) Appium
14 27 (1.55%) Bitbucket
14 27 (1.55%) LabVIEW
15 24 (1.37%) SoapUI
15 24 (1.37%) SpecFlow
16 20 (1.15%) TestNG
17 19 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
18 18 (1.03%) Plastic SCM
General
1 475 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 231 (13.23%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (10.02%) Finance
4 128 (7.33%) Electronics
5 108 (6.19%) Legal
6 97 (5.56%) Retail
7 82 (4.70%) Public Sector
8 74 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 64 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 61 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (3.09%) Automotive
12 41 (2.35%) Law
13 40 (2.29%) Marketing
14 38 (2.18%) Aerospace
15 35 (2.00%) Banking
16 27 (1.55%) Games
17 20 (1.15%) Telecoms
18 19 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (0.92%) Back Office
19 16 (0.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 287 (16.44%) Senior
2 265 (15.18%) Developer
3 216 (12.37%) Software Engineer
4 207 (11.86%) Analyst
5 160 (9.16%) Lead
6 157 (8.99%) Test Engineer
7 153 (8.76%) Tester
8 114 (6.53%) Architect
9 111 (6.36%) Software Architect
10 92 (5.27%) Software Tester
11 89 (5.10%) Senior Developer
12 88 (5.04%) Geospatial Architect
13 77 (4.41%) QA Engineer
13 77 (4.41%) Software Developer
14 76 (4.35%) Test Analyst
15 68 (3.89%) Senior Software Engineer
16 67 (3.84%) Software Test Engineer
17 66 (3.78%) Business Analyst
18 62 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
19 58 (3.32%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (11.28%) .NET
2 115 (6.59%) HTML
3 84 (4.81%) REST
3 84 (4.81%) Web Services
4 74 (4.24%) CSS
5 67 (3.84%) React
6 61 (3.49%) Node.js
7 58 (3.32%) RESTful
8 50 (2.86%) JSON
8 50 (2.86%) Playwright
9 49 (2.81%) XML
10 44 (2.52%) .NET Framework
11 36 (2.06%) ASP.NET
11 36 (2.06%) SOAP
12 32 (1.83%) .NET Core
12 32 (1.83%) Spring
13 29 (1.66%) Spring Boot
14 26 (1.49%) Kafka
15 22 (1.26%) GraphQL
16 19 (1.09%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
2 92 (5.27%) Self-Motivation
3 90 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.01%) Mobile App
5 65 (3.72%) Algorithms
6 55 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 50 (2.86%) IoT
8 36 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 34 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
10 32 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 31 (1.78%) Cloud Native
11 31 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
12 29 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
13 28 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
14 24 (1.37%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
16 19 (1.09%) Driving Licence
17 18 (1.03%) Clustering
18 16 (0.92%) Data Structures
19 15 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 188 (10.77%) Linux
2 147 (8.42%) Windows
3 41 (2.35%) Unix
4 36 (2.06%) Android
5 24 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
6 22 (1.26%) Windows Server
7 18 (1.03%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.63%) Debian
10 9 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
10 9 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.40%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.34%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.29%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.17%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.11%) Solaris
16 2 (0.11%) VMS
16 2 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (39.46%) Agile
2 605 (34.65%) Test Automation
3 404 (23.14%) Software Engineering
4 394 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
5 358 (20.50%) DevOps
6 255 (14.60%) CI/CD
7 254 (14.55%) Computer Science
8 218 (12.49%) SDLC
9 172 (9.85%) Mentoring
10 162 (9.28%) Test Strategy
11 161 (9.22%) Regression Testing
12 143 (8.19%) Coaching
13 141 (8.08%) TDD
14 138 (7.90%) Test Scripting
15 137 (7.85%) Code Quality
16 136 (7.79%) Continuous Integration
17 131 (7.50%) Migration
18 129 (7.39%) Software Architecture
19 128 (7.33%) Scrum
20 124 (7.10%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 329 (18.84%) Python
2 320 (18.33%) C#
3 267 (15.29%) SQL
4 257 (14.72%) Java
5 245 (14.03%) JavaScript
6 182 (10.42%) C
7 116 (6.64%) C++
8 89 (5.10%) TypeScript
9 53 (3.04%) Bash
10 50 (2.86%) Embedded C
11 43 (2.46%) MATLAB
12 40 (2.29%) Fortran
13 39 (2.23%) Go
14 31 (1.78%) PowerShell
15 23 (1.32%) VB.NET
16 22 (1.26%) Perl
17 20 (1.15%) Groovy
18 16 (0.92%) PL/SQL
19 15 (0.86%) PHP
19 15 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 512 (29.32%) Degree
2 236 (13.52%) Security Cleared
3 134 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 104 (5.96%) ISTQB
5 100 (5.73%) SC Cleared
6 51 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 32 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.83%) PhD
9 30 (1.72%) ISEB
10 24 (1.37%) AWS Certification
11 21 (1.20%) HND
12 15 (0.86%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.57%) IIBA
14 8 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.40%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.40%) HNC
16 6 (0.34%) CSPO
17 5 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
17 5 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (22.74%) QA
2 62 (3.55%) Accessibility
3 50 (2.86%) GDPR
4 28 (1.60%) WCAG
5 24 (1.37%) MISRA
6 17 (0.97%) SLA
7 15 (0.86%) ISO 26262
7 15 (0.86%) ISO 9001
8 13 (0.74%) Automotive SPICE
8 13 (0.74%) AUTOSAR
9 8 (0.46%) PSD2
10 7 (0.40%) IEC 61508
10 7 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 6 (0.34%) Def Stans
11 6 (0.34%) ISO 13485
11 6 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
12 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 5 (0.29%) ITGC
13 4 (0.23%) HL7
13 4 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 82 (4.70%) Docker
2 75 (4.30%) Firmware
3 21 (1.20%) Active Directory
4 19 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
5 18 (1.03%) VMware NSX
6 12 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.23%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.11%) NFS
11 2 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 34 (1.95%) Terraform
3 14 (0.80%) SCCM
4 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.57%) Ansible
5 10 (0.57%) Grafana
6 7 (0.40%) Kibana
6 7 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
7 6 (0.34%) Puppet
8 4 (0.23%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.23%) Salt
8 4 (0.23%) Wonderware InTouch
9 2 (0.11%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.057%) TeamSite
10 1 (0.057%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 263 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 50 (2.86%) Google
2 50 (2.86%) Oracle
3 44 (2.52%) IBM
4 34 (1.95%) VMware
5 24 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.03%) Lauterbach
6 18 (1.03%) SAP
7 17 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 14 (0.80%) Rockwell
9 13 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 13 (0.74%) HP
9 13 (0.74%) Siemens
10 12 (0.69%) Splunk
11 11 (0.63%) Adobe
11 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.57%) Citrix
13 9 (0.52%) TOWER Software
14 8 (0.46%) BT
14 8 (0.46%) Sage