Software Testing Jobs in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 70 47
Rank change year-on-year -30 -23 +40
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 17 39 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.87% 2.87% 5.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 2.99% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16 21 35
10th Percentile £36,875 - £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -38.02% +27.37%
75th Percentile £55,109 £41,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £57,547 £52,500 -
South East median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,556 1,303 1,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.43% 95.95% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 723 918
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £30,954
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,978 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,813 £73,625
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Oxfordshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bicester - 6 £40,000 -
Oxford -30 3 £37,500 -
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 6 (35.29%) OpenStack
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) AWS
2 6 (35.29%) GitHub
2 6 (35.29%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Software Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Development Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Software Development Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Test Development Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) QA Test Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Software QA Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) EDI
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Life Science
2 4 (23.53%) Device Driver
2 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.88%) Animation
4 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Software Engineering
2 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (58.82%) Open Source
3 10 (58.82%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
5 7 (41.18%) Agile
6 6 (35.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (35.29%) Coaching
6 6 (35.29%) Containerisation
6 6 (35.29%) Full Stack Development
6 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
6 6 (35.29%) SDET
6 6 (35.29%) Workflow
7 5 (29.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (23.53%) OO
8 4 (23.53%) Software Architecture
9 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
9 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 3 (17.65%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) Python
2 7 (41.18%) Bash
3 6 (35.29%) Java
3 6 (35.29%) Ruby
4 5 (29.41%) C++
5 1 (5.88%) C
5 1 (5.88%) C#
5 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Software Quality Assurance