Tester Jobs in England

Tester
UK > England

The median Tester salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 293 481
Rank change year-on-year -194 +188 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 378 1,091 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.44% 1.18% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.29% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 278 409 610
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,654
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,825
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in England

Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Tester in England

Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in England

Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +14 152 £67,500 +3.85% 29
South East -35 72 £45,500 -9.00% 12
North of England -168 62 £40,000 -16.67% 17
North West -135 38 £40,000 -11.11% 12
Midlands -116 36 £45,000 - 8
South West -41 35 £37,674 -11.36% 12
West Midlands -83 25 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Yorkshire +1 20 £38,750 -22.50% 4
East of England -34 20 £27,500 -40.54% 5
East Midlands -43 11 £46,000 +40.46% 5
North East -8 4 £47,500 - 1
Tester
UK

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 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 England region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 160 (42.33%) Test Automation
2 124 (32.80%) Software Testing
3 120 (31.75%) Penetration Testing
4 114 (30.16%) Social Skills
5 110 (29.10%) Agile
6 103 (27.25%) Cybersecurity
7 98 (25.93%) QA
8 95 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (24.34%) Selenium
10 74 (19.58%) Degree
11 69 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
12 63 (16.67%) Security Cleared
13 61 (16.14%) Computer Science
14 60 (15.87%) Test Scripting
15 55 (14.55%) Java
16 54 (14.29%) Red Team
17 53 (14.02%) API Testing
18 52 (13.76%) Information Security
19 51 (13.49%) Security Testing
20 50 (13.23%) Cucumber
21 48 (12.70%) OSCP
21 48 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
22 47 (12.43%) C#
23 46 (12.17%) Azure
24 45 (11.90%) CI/CD
25 44 (11.64%) Mentoring
26 42 (11.11%) JIRA
27 41 (10.85%) Scrum
28 39 (10.32%) JavaScript
28 39 (10.32%) SC Cleared

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (3.97%) Apache
2 6 (1.59%) Confluence
3 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.17%) Azure
2 25 (6.61%) AWS
3 19 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (5.03%) SaaS
4 17 (4.50%) GitHub
5 9 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.85%) GCP
7 5 (1.32%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.53%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.26%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.67%) Network Security
2 18 (4.76%) Firewall
3 14 (3.70%) Wireless
4 8 (2.12%) Internet
4 8 (2.12%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.32%) Wireless Security
7 4 (1.06%) HTTP
8 3 (0.79%) 5G
8 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.53%) 4G
10 1 (0.26%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.26%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
4 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 92 (24.34%) Selenium
2 50 (13.23%) Cucumber
3 42 (11.11%) JIRA
4 38 (10.05%) Metasploit
5 35 (9.26%) Burp Suite
6 26 (6.88%) REST Assured
7 24 (6.35%) WebDriver
8 22 (5.82%) TestNG
9 21 (5.56%) SpecFlow
10 20 (5.29%) Jenkins
10 20 (5.29%) JUnit
11 19 (5.03%) JMeter
11 19 (5.03%) SoapUI
12 15 (3.97%) Appium
13 14 (3.70%) Postman
14 12 (3.17%) Cypress.io
15 11 (2.91%) Git
16 9 (2.38%) Bitbucket Server
16 9 (2.38%) Serenity BDD
17 8 (2.12%) Bitbucket
General
1 114 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.88%) Law
4 25 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (5.29%) Finance
6 20 (5.29%) Retail
7 19 (5.03%) Aerospace
8 18 (4.76%) Legal
9 11 (2.91%) Marketing
10 8 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.59%) Banking
11 6 (1.59%) Games
11 6 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Automotive
12 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.79%) Billing
13 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.82%) .NET
1 22 (5.82%) REST
2 19 (5.03%) RESTful
3 17 (4.50%) WireMock
4 16 (4.23%) Web Services
5 15 (3.97%) Apache Commons
5 15 (3.97%) Guava
5 15 (3.97%) Java Concurrency
5 15 (3.97%) SOAP
6 10 (2.65%) Playwright
7 9 (2.38%) Gherkin
8 6 (1.59%) Spring
8 6 (1.59%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.06%) CSS
9 4 (1.06%) HTML
10 3 (0.79%) JSON
10 3 (0.79%) React
11 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.32%) Mobile App
2 17 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.97%) Security Posture
4 12 (3.17%) Client/Server
5 10 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.32%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.06%) IoT
10 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.53%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.53%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.26%) Kali Linux
2 33 (8.73%) Linux
3 20 (5.29%) Android
3 20 (5.29%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.70%) Windows
5 4 (1.06%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Debian
6 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (42.33%) Test Automation
2 124 (32.80%) Software Testing
3 120 (31.75%) Penetration Testing
4 110 (29.10%) Agile
5 103 (27.25%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (16.14%) Computer Science
8 60 (15.87%) Test Scripting
9 54 (14.29%) Red Team
10 53 (14.02%) API Testing
11 52 (13.76%) Information Security
12 51 (13.49%) Security Testing
13 45 (11.90%) CI/CD
14 44 (11.64%) Mentoring
15 41 (10.85%) Scrum
16 36 (9.52%) Critical Thinking
17 35 (9.26%) Application Security
17 35 (9.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 33 (8.73%) BDD
18 33 (8.73%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.55%) Java
2 47 (12.43%) C#
3 39 (10.32%) JavaScript
4 28 (7.41%) SQL
5 25 (6.61%) Python
6 9 (2.38%) Bash
7 4 (1.06%) Ruby
7 4 (1.06%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.53%) C
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
10 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.26%) VB
10 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 74 (19.58%) Degree
2 63 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 48 (12.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (12.70%) OSCP
4 39 (10.32%) SC Cleared
5 37 (9.79%) CREST Certified
6 21 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 20 (5.29%) CHECK Team Member
8 18 (4.76%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.17%) ISEB
10 11 (2.91%) CHECK Team Leader
11 9 (2.38%) Cyber Scheme
12 8 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.85%) CEH
14 6 (1.59%) GIAC
14 6 (1.59%) GPEN
14 6 (1.59%) PCI QSA
14 6 (1.59%) Tigerscheme
15 5 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (1.32%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (25.93%) QA
2 14 (3.70%) GRC
2 14 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 13 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.38%) NIST
5 7 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.53%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (4.76%) Docker
2 11 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.85%) Nmap
3 6 (1.59%) Nessus
4 4 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.53%) SysTrack
6 1 (0.26%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Consul
6 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (8.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.32%) Oracle
3 4 (1.06%) Google
4 3 (0.79%) Qualys
4 3 (0.79%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.53%) Aderant
5 2 (0.53%) Databricks
5 2 (0.53%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.53%) iManage
5 2 (0.53%) Intapp
5 2 (0.53%) Jaspersoft
5 2 (0.53%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.26%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.26%) HP
6 1 (0.26%) Murex
6 1 (0.26%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.26%) Salesforce