Software Testing Jobs in London

Software Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 227 153
Rank change year-on-year -41 -74 +32
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 229 327 1,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.13% 1.47% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.56% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 136 260 619
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,563 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,162 20,959 61,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.95% 94.04% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,412 16,968 33,718
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +4.35%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Central London -5 54 £55,000 -31.25% 4
South London -16 18 £82,500 - 2
North London +5 5 £52,500 +12.90% 1
East London - 2 £30,000 - 3
West London -29 1 £37,500 -16.67%
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.62%) Apache
3 4 (1.75%) Confluence
4 3 (1.31%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (6.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (3.49%) MS Visio
3 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.78%) Azure
2 37 (16.16%) AWS
3 22 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.86%) SaaS
5 16 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (6.99%) Serverless
6 14 (6.11%) Amazon S3
7 12 (5.24%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.06%) BrowserStack
10 5 (2.18%) Figma
10 5 (2.18%) GCP
11 4 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.31%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.80%) HTTP
2 3 (1.31%) Network Security
3 2 (0.87%) Wireless
4 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.44%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.23%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (6.11%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (3.06%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (1.75%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.75%) Parquet
5 4 (1.75%) Power BI
5 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.87%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Redis
8 1 (0.44%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 28 (12.23%) Selenium
2 24 (10.48%) SpecFlow
3 22 (9.61%) Visual Studio
4 21 (9.17%) Git
4 21 (9.17%) JIRA
5 17 (7.42%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (6.55%) Cucumber
6 15 (6.55%) NUnit
6 15 (6.55%) SoapUI
7 13 (5.68%) JUnit
8 11 (4.80%) Robot Framework
9 10 (4.37%) Jenkins
9 10 (4.37%) TestNG
9 10 (4.37%) XCUITest
10 8 (3.49%) JMeter
10 8 (3.49%) WebDriver
11 5 (2.18%) Cypress.io
11 5 (2.18%) Gatling
11 5 (2.18%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.75%) Artifactory
General
1 70 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.27%) Finance
3 39 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.17%) Marketing
5 16 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.11%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.80%) Banking
7 11 (4.80%) Electronics
8 10 (4.37%) Back Office
8 10 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.37%) Publishing
8 10 (4.37%) Tech for Good
9 9 (3.93%) Advertising
9 9 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.06%) Legal
11 6 (2.62%) Games
11 6 (2.62%) Retail
12 5 (2.18%) Law
13 3 (1.31%) Wearables
14 2 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 54 (23.58%) Senior
2 42 (18.34%) Developer
2 42 (18.34%) Lead
3 30 (13.10%) Tester
4 27 (11.79%) Software Engineer
5 24 (10.48%) QA Engineer
6 22 (9.61%) Senior Developer
6 22 (9.61%) Software Tester
7 20 (8.73%) Consultant
8 19 (8.30%) C# Developer
9 18 (7.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 18 (7.86%) Software Developer
10 17 (7.42%) Trainee
10 17 (7.42%) Trainee Software Tester
10 17 (7.42%) Trainee Tester
11 16 (6.99%) Senior C# Developer
12 15 (6.55%) Python Engineer
13 14 (6.11%) Automation Engineer
13 14 (6.11%) QA Automation Engineer
13 14 (6.11%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (18.78%) .NET
2 34 (14.85%) REST
3 26 (11.35%) .NET Framework
3 26 (11.35%) XML
4 23 (10.04%) Web Services
5 21 (9.17%) React
6 19 (8.30%) HTML
6 19 (8.30%) RESTful
7 14 (6.11%) ASP.NET
7 14 (6.11%) ASP.NET MVC
7 14 (6.11%) JSON
7 14 (6.11%) SOAP
7 14 (6.11%) WSDL
7 14 (6.11%) XML Messaging
7 14 (6.11%) XSD
8 12 (5.24%) FIX Protocol
8 12 (5.24%) jQuery
9 11 (4.80%) Playwright
10 10 (4.37%) CSS
11 9 (3.93%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.30%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.11%) PropTech
4 12 (5.24%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.93%) Derivative
6 7 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.31%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.31%) Bitcoin
7 3 (1.31%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.31%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.31%) Mixed Reality
7 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.31%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.31%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.31%) Web3
8 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.68%) Apple iOS
2 11 (4.80%) Windows
3 10 (4.37%) Linux
4 3 (1.31%) Android
4 3 (1.31%) Unix
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.44%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (50.22%) Test Automation
2 110 (48.03%) Agile
3 73 (31.88%) DevOps
4 67 (29.26%) CI/CD
4 67 (29.26%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (20.09%) Scrum
6 37 (16.16%) Test Scripting
7 32 (13.97%) Software Engineering
8 31 (13.54%) Software Architecture
9 28 (12.23%) SDET
9 28 (12.23%) SDLC
10 27 (11.79%) API Testing
11 26 (11.35%) ETL
11 26 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
12 25 (10.92%) Code Quality
12 25 (10.92%) Mentoring
13 23 (10.04%) Continuous Delivery
13 23 (10.04%) Document Management
13 23 (10.04%) TDD
14 22 (9.61%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 75 (32.75%) C#
2 62 (27.07%) Python
3 51 (22.27%) SQL
4 41 (17.90%) JavaScript
5 38 (16.59%) Java
6 21 (9.17%) C++
7 20 (8.73%) TypeScript
8 14 (6.11%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.80%) Swift
10 9 (3.93%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.18%) Groovy
12 4 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.31%) Delphi
13 3 (1.31%) Ruby
13 3 (1.31%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.44%) C
14 1 (0.44%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.44%) PHP
14 1 (0.44%) VB
14 1 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (12.23%) Degree
2 18 (7.86%) ISTQB
3 17 (7.42%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.55%) ISEB
5 14 (6.11%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.06%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (23.14%) QA
2 10 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.06%) Software Quality Assurance
4 4 (1.75%) EMIR
4 4 (1.75%) MiFID
5 3 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.31%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (7.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.80%) Terraform
3 7 (3.06%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.75%) Ansible
4 4 (1.75%) Grafana
5 3 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.87%) Nagios
7 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.86%) Oracle
3 11 (4.80%) SAP
4 7 (3.06%) HP
4 7 (3.06%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.75%) Google
5 4 (1.75%) OpenText
5 4 (1.75%) Siebel
6 3 (1.31%) Splunk
7 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.87%) Solace
7 2 (0.87%) Talend
7 2 (0.87%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.44%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.44%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.44%) New Relic
8 1 (0.44%) Pega
8 1 (0.44%) Sybase