Software Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 79 69
Rank change year-on-year -77 -10 +16
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1,397 2,202 3,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.77% 3.96% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 4.14% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 936 747 1,442
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,000 £70,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £73,625
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,107 53,150 71,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.14% 95.49% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,360 28,415 41,497
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the UK excluding London

Software Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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 -38 350 £49,000 -10.91% 92
North of England -71 319 £55,000 +10.00% 61
Midlands -86 234 £45,000 -2.70% 70
North West -75 186 £55,000 +10.00% 38
East of England -39 149 £55,000 -15.38% 44
South West -69 142 £50,000 - 48
Scotland -57 137 £47,500 -5.00% 30
West Midlands -85 137 £45,000 -6.35% 30
Yorkshire -25 113 £55,000 +10.00% 17
East Midlands -58 97 £49,329 +12.11% 40
Wales +40 51 £47,500 +2.79% 4
North East -14 20 £55,000 -1.79% 7
Northern Ireland +15 15 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 48 (3.44%) Confluence
2 20 (1.43%) IIS
3 19 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.22%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.79%) Apache
6 8 (0.57%) WinCC
7 7 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.29%) TWiki
10 3 (0.21%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.14%) JBoss
12 1 (0.072%) CMS
12 1 (0.072%) Moodle
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.072%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.072%) Totara
12 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.36%) Simulink
3 23 (1.65%) Stateflow
4 18 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.50%) CANalyzer
6 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.36%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.14%) TargetLink
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) BPCS
1 7 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.14%) ProductWriter
3 1 (0.072%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.072%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 272 (19.47%) Azure
2 196 (14.03%) AWS
3 62 (4.44%) SaaS
4 61 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
6 39 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (2.58%) GitHub
8 24 (1.72%) GCP
9 20 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (0.72%) Google Play
11 9 (0.64%) BlazeMeter
12 8 (0.57%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.50%) IaaS
13 7 (0.50%) Slack
14 6 (0.43%) Entra ID
15 5 (0.36%) BrowserStack
16 4 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (0.29%) Power Automate
16 4 (0.29%) Serverless
17 3 (0.21%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 31 (2.22%) Wireless
3 29 (2.08%) Firewall
4 25 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.65%) RS-485
6 22 (1.57%) Ethernet
7 21 (1.50%) Internet
8 19 (1.36%) WAN
9 18 (1.29%) 4G
10 14 (1.00%) MQTT
10 14 (1.00%) RS-232
11 13 (0.93%) 3G
11 13 (0.93%) LAN
11 13 (0.93%) Network Security
12 11 (0.79%) J1939
12 11 (0.79%) Modbus
13 7 (0.50%) DVB
14 6 (0.43%) VPN
14 6 (0.43%) Wireshark
15 5 (0.36%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (6.01%) SQL Server
2 70 (5.01%) Geospatial Data
3 33 (2.36%) NoSQL
4 21 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.00%) OLTP
7 13 (0.93%) Big Data
7 13 (0.93%) MySQL
8 11 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.50%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.43%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.36%) Power BI
13 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.29%) Flink
13 4 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.21%) Couchbase
15 2 (0.14%) Redis
15 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 175 (12.53%) JIRA
2 111 (7.95%) Selenium
3 84 (6.01%) Git
4 69 (4.94%) Jenkins
5 64 (4.58%) Visual Studio
6 61 (4.37%) Cypress.io
7 58 (4.15%) Postman
8 50 (3.58%) Cucumber
9 45 (3.22%) GitLab
10 44 (3.15%) JMeter
11 37 (2.65%) JUnit
12 34 (2.43%) Appium
13 28 (2.00%) Bitbucket
14 27 (1.93%) LabVIEW
15 19 (1.36%) SoapUI
16 18 (1.29%) ClearCase
16 18 (1.29%) Plastic SCM
17 16 (1.15%) MSTest
18 14 (1.00%) Robot Framework
18 14 (1.00%) TestNG
General
1 356 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 183 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (8.52%) Electronics
4 115 (8.23%) Finance
5 95 (6.80%) Retail
6 83 (5.94%) Legal
7 63 (4.51%) Manufacturing
8 61 (4.37%) Public Sector
9 53 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
10 48 (3.44%) Automotive
11 36 (2.58%) Aerospace
12 32 (2.29%) Marketing
13 30 (2.15%) Law
14 22 (1.57%) Banking
15 21 (1.50%) Games
16 16 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (1.00%) Military
17 14 (1.00%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 204 (14.60%) Software Engineer
2 195 (13.96%) Senior
3 177 (12.67%) Developer
4 148 (10.59%) Analyst
5 141 (10.09%) Test Engineer
6 125 (8.95%) Tester
7 123 (8.80%) Lead
8 94 (6.73%) Architect
9 91 (6.51%) Software Architect
10 77 (5.51%) Software Tester
11 70 (5.01%) Geospatial Architect
12 68 (4.87%) Software Test Engineer
13 66 (4.72%) QA Engineer
14 64 (4.58%) Business Analyst
15 62 (4.44%) Embedded Engineer
16 58 (4.15%) Software Developer
17 56 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
17 56 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
18 50 (3.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
19 49 (3.51%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.80%) .NET
2 61 (4.37%) HTML
3 52 (3.72%) REST
4 47 (3.36%) Web Services
5 46 (3.29%) XML
6 43 (3.08%) Playwright
7 33 (2.36%) SOAP
8 32 (2.29%) React
9 31 (2.22%) JSON
10 28 (2.00%) .NET Framework
11 24 (1.72%) Spring
12 23 (1.65%) CSS
13 21 (1.50%) RESTful
13 21 (1.50%) Spring Boot
14 19 (1.36%) .NET Core
15 16 (1.15%) ASP.NET
15 16 (1.15%) Kafka
16 13 (0.93%) Gherkin
16 13 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
16 13 (0.93%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 77 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
3 67 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 63 (4.51%) Algorithms
5 55 (3.94%) Mobile App
6 42 (3.01%) IoT
7 33 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 30 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
9 26 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (1.86%) Video\Live Streaming
10 24 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 20 (1.43%) Driving Licence
13 16 (1.15%) Clustering
13 16 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (1.07%) FPGA
15 14 (1.00%) Robotics
16 12 (0.86%) Client/Server
17 11 (0.79%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 165 (11.81%) Linux
2 128 (9.16%) Windows
3 44 (3.15%) Unix
4 35 (2.51%) Android
5 24 (1.72%) Embedded Linux
6 20 (1.43%) Windows Server
7 17 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.86%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
9 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.43%) Debian
10 6 (0.43%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.36%) Windows Mobile
12 4 (0.29%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.21%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.14%) CentOS
14 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.14%) Solaris
14 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (37.08%) Agile
2 458 (32.78%) Test Automation
3 344 (24.62%) Software Engineering
4 292 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
5 249 (17.82%) DevOps
6 202 (14.46%) Computer Science
6 202 (14.46%) SDLC
7 169 (12.10%) CI/CD
8 133 (9.52%) Mentoring
9 131 (9.38%) Coaching
10 119 (8.52%) Regression Testing
11 111 (7.95%) Test Strategy
12 105 (7.52%) Test Scripting
13 103 (7.37%) Migration
14 101 (7.23%) Scrum
15 99 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 95 (6.80%) TDD
17 90 (6.44%) Code Quality
18 87 (6.23%) Software Architecture
19 86 (6.16%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 257 (18.40%) Python
2 222 (15.89%) SQL
3 214 (15.32%) C#
4 179 (12.81%) C
5 172 (12.31%) JavaScript
6 158 (11.31%) Java
7 111 (7.95%) C++
8 55 (3.94%) Bash
9 53 (3.79%) Embedded C
10 44 (3.15%) MATLAB
11 43 (3.08%) TypeScript
12 42 (3.01%) Fortran
13 23 (1.65%) PowerShell
14 19 (1.36%) VB.NET
15 18 (1.29%) Go
15 18 (1.29%) Perl
16 17 (1.22%) PL/SQL
17 14 (1.00%) Groovy
18 13 (0.93%) PHP
19 12 (0.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 434 (31.07%) Degree
2 175 (12.53%) Security Cleared
3 100 (7.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 89 (6.37%) ISTQB
5 56 (4.01%) SC Cleared
6 38 (2.72%) Master's Degree
7 33 (2.36%) PhD
8 30 (2.15%) DV Cleared
9 23 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.22%) HND
11 16 (1.15%) ISEB
12 15 (1.07%) AWS Certification
13 13 (0.93%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.72%) IIBA
15 7 (0.50%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.43%) CSPO
17 5 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
17 5 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
18 4 (0.29%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 330 (23.62%) QA
2 33 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.00%) WCAG
4 27 (1.93%) GDPR
5 26 (1.86%) MISRA
6 16 (1.15%) ISO 26262
7 15 (1.07%) ISO 9001
8 14 (1.00%) Automotive SPICE
9 13 (0.93%) AUTOSAR
10 11 (0.79%) SLA
11 7 (0.50%) IEC 61508
11 7 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 7 (0.50%) PSD2
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.29%) DICOM
13 4 (0.29%) HL7
13 4 (0.29%) ISO 13485
14 3 (0.21%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (4.58%) Firmware
2 52 (3.72%) Docker
3 21 (1.50%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.15%) VMware NSX
5 12 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.57%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.29%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.072%) NFS
11 1 (0.072%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 46 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.07%) Terraform
3 14 (1.00%) SCCM
4 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.43%) Ansible
5 6 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.36%) Grafana
7 3 (0.21%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.21%) Kibana
7 3 (0.21%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.072%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.072%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.072%) Puppet
9 1 (0.072%) TeamSite
9 1 (0.072%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 220 (15.75%) Microsoft
2 43 (3.08%) IBM
3 40 (2.86%) Oracle
4 32 (2.29%) VMware
5 30 (2.15%) Google
6 20 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.29%) Lauterbach
7 18 (1.29%) SAP
8 15 (1.07%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.00%) Rockwell
10 13 (0.93%) Siemens
11 12 (0.86%) HP
12 11 (0.79%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.79%) BT
12 11 (0.79%) Citrix
13 9 (0.64%) TOWER Software
14 8 (0.57%) Sage
14 8 (0.57%) Splunk
15 7 (0.50%) Duck Creek
15 7 (0.50%) MuleSoft