Software Testing Jobs in England

Software Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 98 92
Rank change year-on-year -80 -6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,501 2,779 5,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.57% 3.39% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.55% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,063 2,048
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,248 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in England

Software Testing
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 Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 -37 348 £48,500 -11.82% 83
North of England -74 327 £55,000 +10.00% 60
London -94 282 £65,000 - 64
Midlands -86 235 £45,000 -2.70% 61
North West -78 193 £55,000 +10.00% 34
East of England -34 152 £55,000 -15.38% 37
South West -69 147 £50,000 +5.26% 67
West Midlands -82 137 £45,000 -6.35% 31
Yorkshire -26 113 £55,000 +10.00% 17
East Midlands -54 98 £49,329 +12.11% 30
North East -15 21 £55,000 -1.79% 10
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 37 (2.47%) Confluence
2 19 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.13%) Apache
4 10 (0.67%) IIS
5 9 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.53%) WinCC
7 6 (0.40%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.27%) TWiki
9 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.067%) Moodle
11 1 (0.067%) nginx
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.067%) Totara
11 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.27%) Simulink
3 24 (1.60%) Stateflow
4 22 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 11 (0.73%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.53%) Revit
7 7 (0.47%) CANalyzer
7 7 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.27%) Trello
10 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.47%) BPCS
1 7 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.13%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.067%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.067%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 271 (18.05%) Azure
2 189 (12.59%) AWS
3 79 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (4.00%) SaaS
5 44 (2.93%) GitHub
6 39 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
8 33 (2.20%) GCP
9 21 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.13%) Power Platform
11 12 (0.80%) Serverless
12 10 (0.67%) Google Play
13 9 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (0.47%) IaaS
14 7 (0.47%) Slack
15 6 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 6 (0.40%) Entra ID
16 5 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
17 4 (0.27%) Amazon ECS
17 4 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.00%) TCP/IP
2 32 (2.13%) Wireless
3 28 (1.87%) Firewall
4 23 (1.53%) RS-485
4 23 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (1.27%) Ethernet
6 18 (1.20%) 4G
6 18 (1.20%) Internet
7 15 (1.00%) MQTT
8 14 (0.93%) RS-232
9 13 (0.87%) 3G
10 11 (0.73%) J1939
10 11 (0.73%) Network Security
11 9 (0.60%) LAN
11 9 (0.60%) Modbus
12 8 (0.53%) HTTP
13 7 (0.47%) DVB
13 7 (0.47%) WAN
14 6 (0.40%) Wireshark
15 5 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 49 (3.26%) Geospatial Data
3 37 (2.47%) NoSQL
4 26 (1.73%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.13%) Redis
6 15 (1.00%) Big Data
6 15 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 13 (0.87%) DynamoDB
7 13 (0.87%) MySQL
7 13 (0.87%) OLTP
8 11 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (0.53%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.47%) Power BI
12 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.40%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.40%) Flink
Development Applications
1 172 (11.46%) JIRA
2 146 (9.73%) Selenium
3 85 (5.66%) Git
4 73 (4.86%) Jenkins
5 60 (4.00%) JUnit
6 52 (3.46%) Visual Studio
7 48 (3.20%) Postman
8 47 (3.13%) Cucumber
9 45 (3.00%) Cypress.io
10 42 (2.80%) GitLab
11 37 (2.47%) JMeter
12 34 (2.27%) WebDriver
13 32 (2.13%) Appium
14 27 (1.80%) LabVIEW
15 23 (1.53%) SpecFlow
16 20 (1.33%) TestNG
17 19 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
18 18 (1.20%) ClearCase
18 18 (1.20%) Plastic SCM
19 16 (1.07%) REST Assured
General
1 346 (23.05%) Social Skills
2 190 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
3 149 (9.93%) Finance
4 131 (8.73%) Electronics
5 108 (7.20%) Legal
6 99 (6.60%) Retail
7 65 (4.33%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.20%) Public Sector
9 56 (3.73%) Automotive
10 53 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 37 (2.47%) Aerospace
13 32 (2.13%) Banking
14 31 (2.07%) Law
15 28 (1.87%) Marketing
16 16 (1.07%) Back Office
16 16 (1.07%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
18 14 (0.93%) Police
Job Titles
1 252 (16.79%) Senior
2 228 (15.19%) Developer
3 211 (14.06%) Software Engineer
4 197 (13.12%) Analyst
5 141 (9.39%) Lead
6 120 (7.99%) Test Engineer
7 114 (7.59%) Tester
8 74 (4.93%) Software Tester
9 73 (4.86%) Test Analyst
10 72 (4.80%) Architect
11 70 (4.66%) Software Architect
11 70 (4.66%) Software Developer
12 69 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (4.33%) Business Analyst
14 63 (4.20%) Senior Developer
15 60 (4.00%) Software Test Engineer
16 58 (3.86%) Embedded Engineer
17 49 (3.26%) Geospatial Architect
18 48 (3.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
18 48 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (10.19%) .NET
2 80 (5.33%) HTML
3 76 (5.06%) REST
4 57 (3.80%) React
5 54 (3.60%) Web Services
6 50 (3.33%) XML
7 45 (3.00%) JSON
8 40 (2.66%) .NET Framework
9 39 (2.60%) CSS
10 36 (2.40%) Playwright
11 33 (2.20%) SOAP
12 31 (2.07%) RESTful
13 25 (1.67%) Kafka
13 25 (1.67%) Node.js
14 23 (1.53%) .NET Core
15 20 (1.33%) Spring
16 19 (1.27%) ASP.NET
17 18 (1.20%) Spring Boot
17 18 (1.20%) WinForms
18 16 (1.07%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.80%) Product Ownership
1 87 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
2 70 (4.66%) Algorithms
2 70 (4.66%) Mobile App
3 55 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
4 45 (3.00%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.47%) IoT
6 35 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
7 27 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
10 20 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
11 18 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.20%) FPGA
11 18 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (1.07%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.07%) Driving Licence
12 16 (1.07%) Robotics
13 15 (1.00%) Client/Server
14 11 (0.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 187 (12.46%) Linux
2 139 (9.26%) Windows
3 40 (2.66%) Unix
4 38 (2.53%) Android
5 25 (1.67%) Embedded Linux
6 22 (1.47%) Apple iOS
7 20 (1.33%) Windows Server
8 11 (0.73%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (0.53%) Debian
11 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.33%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.33%) Windows Mobile
12 3 (0.20%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.13%) CentOS
13 2 (0.13%) VMS
13 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (37.77%) Agile
2 467 (31.11%) Test Automation
3 357 (23.78%) Software Engineering
4 315 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
5 276 (18.39%) DevOps
6 233 (15.52%) Computer Science
7 197 (13.12%) SDLC
8 181 (12.06%) CI/CD
9 148 (9.86%) Mentoring
10 136 (9.06%) Test Strategy
11 134 (8.93%) Coaching
12 117 (7.79%) Test Scripting
13 116 (7.73%) Regression Testing
14 113 (7.53%) Scrum
15 105 (7.00%) Functional Testing
16 98 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
17 97 (6.46%) SDET
18 94 (6.26%) Process Improvement
19 90 (6.00%) Project Management
20 89 (5.93%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 273 (18.19%) Python
2 247 (16.46%) C#
3 215 (14.32%) SQL
4 183 (12.19%) Java
5 180 (11.99%) C
6 167 (11.13%) JavaScript
7 127 (8.46%) C++
8 79 (5.26%) TypeScript
9 56 (3.73%) Bash
10 49 (3.26%) Embedded C
11 45 (3.00%) MATLAB
12 42 (2.80%) Fortran
13 27 (1.80%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.60%) Go
15 22 (1.47%) Perl
16 19 (1.27%) Groovy
16 19 (1.27%) VB.NET
17 16 (1.07%) PL/SQL
18 15 (1.00%) Kotlin
19 12 (0.80%) PHP
Qualifications
1 484 (32.25%) Degree
2 201 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 119 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 102 (6.80%) ISTQB
5 81 (5.40%) SC Cleared
6 39 (2.60%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 35 (2.33%) PhD
8 32 (2.13%) ISEB
9 24 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.07%) HND
12 15 (1.00%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.60%) IIBA
13 9 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.47%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.40%) CSPO
16 5 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
16 5 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.27%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (19.79%) QA
2 47 (3.13%) GDPR
3 37 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.87%) WCAG
5 23 (1.53%) MISRA
6 16 (1.07%) ISO 26262
7 14 (0.93%) Automotive SPICE
8 13 (0.87%) AUTOSAR
8 13 (0.87%) SLA
9 7 (0.47%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 7 (0.47%) PSD2
9 7 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
10 6 (0.40%) Def Stans
10 6 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 4 (0.27%) EMIR
12 4 (0.27%) ITGC
12 4 (0.27%) MiFID
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 77 (5.13%) Firmware
2 68 (4.53%) Docker
3 20 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 17 (1.13%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.13%) NFS
10 2 (0.13%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.07%) Terraform
3 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.87%) SCCM
4 11 (0.73%) Ansible
5 6 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
5 6 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.33%) Grafana
6 5 (0.33%) Puppet
7 3 (0.20%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.20%) Kibana
7 3 (0.20%) Salt
7 3 (0.20%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.13%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.067%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 228 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.06%) Google
3 45 (3.00%) Oracle
4 44 (2.93%) IBM
5 23 (1.53%) VMware
6 20 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.20%) Lauterbach
7 18 (1.20%) SAP
8 15 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 12 (0.80%) Citrix
10 12 (0.80%) Rockwell
11 11 (0.73%) BT
11 11 (0.73%) HP
11 11 (0.73%) OpenAI
11 11 (0.73%) Siemens
12 10 (0.67%) Adobe
12 10 (0.67%) Splunk
13 8 (0.53%) Sage
14 7 (0.47%) Duck Creek