Software Tester / QA jobs in the UK

Live software tester / qa roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

1911 live software tester / qa roles

Software Tester

London

£20,000–£28,000

A new role has become available for a software Tester to bring in and develop standardtesting procedures for functional and non-functional…

IT & Technology
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Test Analyst

Altrincham

£35,000–£52,000

VPN Global Testing Services Ltd. have been established as a Software Development and Information Technology Services Company with main goal to…

IT & Technology
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Test Lead

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

£60,000–£90,000

I’m recruiting for an Electronics Test & Automation Team Leader with an established technology business.

IT & Technology
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IdAM Security Testing Analyst

England

£48,000–£72,000

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Test Analyst who specializes in Identity and Access Management (IdAM) systems.

IT & Technology
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Associate SDET

Belfast City District

£40,000–£52,000

BlueOptima provides industry-leading objective metrics in software development using its proprietary Coding Effort Analytics, enabling large…

Hybrid IT & Technology
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SDET (C#)

London

£50,000–£70,000

We are delivering Dynamics 365 Customer Service solutions for a public sector client, extended with Power Pages, Power Automate and related Azure…

Remote IT & Technology
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Senior QA Engineer

Birmingham

£56,000–£68,000

VIQU has partnered with an organisation operating within the UK's low-carbon electricity sector to recruit a Senior QA Engineer.

IT & Technology
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Test Analyst

Birmingham

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At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry.

IT & Technology
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Software Tester / QA salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£40,000 – £70,000 (midpoint £55,000)
South East (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£35,000 – £62,000 (midpoint £48,500)
Midlands (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£32,000 – £55,000 (midpoint £43,500)
North West (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£32,000 – £55,000 (midpoint £43,500)
Scotland (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£32,000 – £55,000 (midpoint £43,500)
Yorkshire (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£30,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £41,000)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Manual and games testing anchor the bottom of the band, automation engineers (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress) the middle, and SDET and test-lead roles the top. ISTQB Foundation is the baseline qualification most employers name.
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FAQs

What does a software tester earn?

Indicatively £28,000–£40,000 manual, £40,000–£60,000 automation and £55,000–£70,000 for leads and SDETs.

Is games testing paid the same?

No. Games QA is typically £24,000–£32,000 and often temporary; it is an entry route rather than the market rate.

What do employers check?

Right to work, references and a testing exercise; ISTQB is often required.

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