Software Tester
UK
The median Software Tester salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 636 | 772 | 426 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +136 | -346 | +527 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester | 33 | 101 | 800 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.065% | 0.11% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.073% | 0.11% | 0.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 30 | 88 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,500 | £26,250 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £31,250 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £38,500 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.39% | -3.75% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £49,688 | £44,750 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £52,500 | £48,750 | £70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,500 | £38,500 | £37,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.39% | +3.36% | -1.32% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 45,313 | 89,798 | 100,685 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.62% | 94.62% | 91.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,812 | 65,394 | 62,830 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.48% | -10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester.
Software Tester
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester over the 6 months to 9 April 2025.
Software Tester
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 9 April 2025. 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 |
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| England | +128 | 27 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +129 | 26 | £42,500 | +10.39% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +145 | 19 | £42,500 | +10.39% | 6 |
| South East | +99 | 9 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 4 |
| Midlands | +68 | 6 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 2 |
| London | +84 | 5 | £30,000 | -32.58% | 4 |
| North of England | +78 | 5 | £34,000 | -9.33% | 4 |
| Scotland | +103 | 4 | £50,000 | +29.87% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +44 | 4 | £42,500 | +13.33% | |
| South West | +98 | 2 | £41,250 | +26.92% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 2 | £28,000 | -6.67% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +41 | 2 | £37,500 | -28.57% | 2 |
| North West | +37 | 2 | £45,000 | +20.00% | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 April 2025, 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 featuring Software Tester in the job title.
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Software Tester Skill Set
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:
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