Software Tester Jobs in England

Software Tester
UK > England

The median Software Tester salary in England 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 793 490 935
Rank change year-on-year -303 +445 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 72 472 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.079% 0.56% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.61% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 60 67 166
10th Percentile - £31,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £44,750 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £57,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in England.

Salary trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the England 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
North West -102 16 £37,500 +15.38% 7
East of England -31 15 £27,500 -29.49% 2
London +44 14 £44,500 -6.32% 6
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 England

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 England region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 70 (97.22%) Software Testing
2 41 (56.94%) Test Automation
3 24 (33.33%) QA
3 24 (33.33%) Agile
4 20 (27.78%) Degree
4 20 (27.78%) SDLC
5 18 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 17 (23.61%) C#
7 15 (20.83%) Test Scripting
7 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (18.06%) JIRA
10 12 (16.67%) .NET
10 12 (16.67%) Manual Testing
10 12 (16.67%) Selenium
11 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (15.28%) Code Quality
12 10 (13.89%) ISTQB
12 10 (13.89%) Finance
13 9 (12.50%) Validation
13 9 (12.50%) Azure
13 9 (12.50%) DevOps
14 8 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
14 8 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
14 8 (11.11%) API Testing
14 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
14 8 (11.11%) Python
15 7 (9.72%) Creative Thinking
15 7 (9.72%) Legal

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.50%) Azure
2 5 (6.94%) SaaS
3 4 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Internet
2 2 (2.78%) HTTP
2 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (18.06%) JIRA
2 12 (16.67%) Selenium
3 5 (6.94%) SpecFlow
4 3 (4.17%) Postman
5 2 (2.78%) Git
5 2 (2.78%) SoapUI
5 2 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.78%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.39%) Appium
6 1 (1.39%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.39%) eggPlant
6 1 (1.39%) JMeter
6 1 (1.39%) JUnit
6 1 (1.39%) NeoLoad
6 1 (1.39%) TestNG
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (13.89%) Finance
4 7 (9.72%) Legal
5 5 (6.94%) Automotive
6 3 (4.17%) Billing
6 3 (4.17%) Law
6 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Back Office
7 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.39%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.39%) Electronics
8 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.39%) Marketing
8 1 (1.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.67%) .NET
2 5 (6.94%) RESTful
3 4 (5.56%) JSON
3 4 (5.56%) Playwright
4 3 (4.17%) REST
4 3 (4.17%) SOAP
5 2 (2.78%) CSS
5 2 (2.78%) HTML
5 2 (2.78%) Web Services
6 1 (1.39%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.39%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.94%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.78%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.39%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.39%) FMCG
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) NHS
5 1 (1.39%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Android
1 4 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 4 (5.56%) Linux
2 3 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (97.22%) Software Testing
2 41 (56.94%) Test Automation
3 24 (33.33%) Agile
4 20 (27.78%) SDLC
5 18 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 15 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (20.83%) Test Scripting
7 12 (16.67%) Manual Testing
8 11 (15.28%) Code Quality
9 9 (12.50%) DevOps
9 9 (12.50%) Validation
10 8 (11.11%) API Testing
10 8 (11.11%) Exploratory Testing
11 7 (9.72%) Creative Thinking
11 7 (9.72%) Mathematics
12 6 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
12 6 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
12 6 (8.33%) Regression Testing
12 6 (8.33%) Software Engineering
12 6 (8.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.61%) C#
2 8 (11.11%) Python
3 6 (8.33%) SQL
4 5 (6.94%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.78%) Bash
5 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (27.78%) Degree
2 14 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (13.89%) ISTQB
4 4 (5.56%) ISEB
5 2 (2.78%) HND
5 2 (2.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.78%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.39%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft