Tester Jobs in Chester

Tester
Cheshire > Chester

The median Tester salary in Chester is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 0.47% - 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £41,500
25th Percentile £31,250 - £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.23%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% +47.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 205 160 121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.35% 76.92% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 172 88 68
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £31,513
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,680 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,281 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,250
Cheshire median annual salary £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Chester

Tester
Salary Trend in Chester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in Chester.

Salary trend for Tester in Chester

Tester Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 across the Chester region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft