Software Testing Jobs in Wales

Software Testing
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 109 116
Rank change year-on-year +32 +7 -51
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 43 24 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.09% 1.45% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 1.51% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 33 18 13
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,689 £25,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,705 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,210 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% +8.73% -8.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,060 £48,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,196 £50,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% +6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 1,591 1,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.07% 96.31% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 794 1,129
10th Percentile £26,675 £26,362 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +11 27 £52,500 +20.69% 6
West Wales +10 11 £45,000 -17.39% 2
North Wales +12 5 £27,500 - 3
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 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (62.79%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) AWS
3 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.65%) GCP
5 1 (2.33%) BrowserStack
5 1 (2.33%) Sauce Labs
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (9.30%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Postman
2 10 (23.26%) GitLab
2 10 (23.26%) JIRA
3 8 (18.60%) Git
3 8 (18.60%) JMeter
4 7 (16.28%) Selenium
5 6 (13.95%) SoapUI
5 6 (13.95%) Visual Studio
6 4 (9.30%) Cypress.io
7 3 (6.98%) Cucumber
8 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
8 2 (4.65%) JUnit
8 2 (4.65%) TestNG
9 1 (2.33%) Appium
9 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
9 1 (2.33%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (2.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Retail
4 2 (4.65%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) Lead
2 7 (16.28%) Applications Support
2 7 (16.28%) Test Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Tester
3 6 (13.95%) Automation Test Lead
3 6 (13.95%) QA Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) QA Leader
3 6 (13.95%) Quality Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) Test Leader
4 5 (11.63%) Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Geospatial Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Integration Tester
5 4 (9.30%) Software Architect
6 3 (6.98%) JavaScript Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Python Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) QA Tester
6 3 (6.98%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) REST
1 4 (9.30%) Web Services
2 3 (6.98%) .NET
3 2 (4.65%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (13.95%) Low-Code
3 4 (9.30%) FMCG
3 4 (9.30%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Test Automation
2 17 (39.53%) DevOps
3 15 (34.88%) CI/CD
4 14 (32.56%) Agile
5 12 (27.91%) Migration
6 11 (25.58%) Test Strategy
7 9 (20.93%) SDLC
8 8 (18.60%) Analytics
8 8 (18.60%) ETL
8 8 (18.60%) Non-Functional Testing
9 7 (16.28%) BDD
9 7 (16.28%) Customer Experience
9 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
10 6 (13.95%) Change Management
10 6 (13.95%) Defect Management
10 6 (13.95%) Fintech
10 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.95%) Regression Testing
10 6 (13.95%) Software Engineering
10 6 (13.95%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
3 6 (13.95%) C#
4 5 (11.63%) Java
4 5 (11.63%) Python
5 2 (4.65%) C
5 2 (4.65%) C++
6 1 (2.33%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.65%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) HND
3 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) MuleSoft
1 6 (13.95%) OutSystems
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) Oracle