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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 311 478
Rank change year-on-year -178 +167 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 369 1,053 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.43% 1.14% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.25% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 272 399 617
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 £78,500
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 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +10 150 £70,000 +10.24% 37
South East -23 71 £45,500 -9.00% 16
North of England -151 60 £40,000 -20.00% 20
North West -119 36 £42,500 -5.56% 9
Midlands -120 34 £45,000 +1.69% 10
South West -63 33 £37,674 -11.36% 11
West Midlands -89 23 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Yorkshire +8 20 £38,750 -22.50% 10
East of England -29 20 £27,500 -35.29% 8
East Midlands -43 11 £46,000 +40.46% 6
North East -9 4 £47,500 -9.09% 1
Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 157 (42.55%) Test Automation
2 122 (33.06%) Software Testing
3 118 (31.98%) Penetration Testing
4 113 (30.62%) Social Skills
5 109 (29.54%) Agile
6 102 (27.64%) Cybersecurity
7 95 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
7 95 (25.75%) QA
8 90 (24.39%) Selenium
9 73 (19.78%) Degree
10 69 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
11 61 (16.53%) Computer Science
11 61 (16.53%) Security Cleared
12 59 (15.99%) Test Scripting
13 54 (14.63%) Java
14 53 (14.36%) API Testing
15 52 (14.09%) Red Team
16 51 (13.82%) Information Security
16 51 (13.82%) Security Testing
17 49 (13.28%) Cucumber
18 48 (13.01%) OSCP
19 47 (12.74%) Computer Science Degree
20 46 (12.47%) Azure
21 45 (12.20%) C#
22 44 (11.92%) CI/CD
23 42 (11.38%) Mentoring
24 40 (10.84%) Scrum
25 38 (10.30%) JavaScript
26 37 (10.03%) Metasploit
26 37 (10.03%) 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 (4.07%) Apache
2 5 (1.36%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 46 (12.47%) Azure
2 24 (6.50%) AWS
3 19 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (4.88%) SaaS
5 16 (4.34%) GitHub
6 9 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (1.90%) GCP
8 5 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.54%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.27%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.86%) Network Security
2 17 (4.61%) Firewall
3 13 (3.52%) Wireless
4 8 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.90%) Internet
6 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.08%) HTTP
7 4 (1.08%) Wireless Security
8 3 (0.81%) 5G
8 3 (0.81%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.54%) 4G
10 1 (0.27%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.27%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.27%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.54%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 90 (24.39%) Selenium
2 49 (13.28%) Cucumber
3 37 (10.03%) JIRA
3 37 (10.03%) Metasploit
4 34 (9.21%) Burp Suite
5 26 (7.05%) REST Assured
6 24 (6.50%) WebDriver
7 22 (5.96%) TestNG
8 20 (5.42%) JUnit
8 20 (5.42%) SpecFlow
9 19 (5.15%) Jenkins
10 18 (4.88%) JMeter
10 18 (4.88%) SoapUI
11 15 (4.07%) Appium
12 14 (3.79%) Postman
13 12 (3.25%) Cypress.io
14 11 (2.98%) Git
15 8 (2.17%) Bitbucket Server
15 8 (2.17%) LoadRunner
15 8 (2.17%) Serenity BDD
General
1 113 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 69 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (6.78%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.23%) Law
5 21 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (5.42%) Finance
6 20 (5.42%) Retail
7 19 (5.15%) Aerospace
8 17 (4.61%) Legal
9 11 (2.98%) Marketing
10 8 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.63%) Banking
11 6 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.36%) Automotive
12 5 (1.36%) Games
12 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.81%) Billing
13 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.96%) REST
2 21 (5.69%) .NET
3 18 (4.88%) RESTful
4 17 (4.61%) WireMock
5 15 (4.07%) Apache Commons
5 15 (4.07%) Guava
5 15 (4.07%) Java Concurrency
5 15 (4.07%) Web Services
6 14 (3.79%) SOAP
7 10 (2.71%) Playwright
8 8 (2.17%) Gherkin
9 6 (1.63%) Spring
9 6 (1.63%) Spring Boot
10 4 (1.08%) CSS
10 4 (1.08%) HTML
10 4 (1.08%) JSON
11 3 (0.81%) React
12 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.49%) Mobile App
2 18 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.07%) Security Posture
4 11 (2.98%) Client/Server
5 9 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.63%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.36%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.08%) IoT
10 3 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.54%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.21%) Kali Linux
2 33 (8.94%) Linux
3 19 (5.15%) Android
3 19 (5.15%) Apple iOS
4 13 (3.52%) Windows
5 3 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) Debian
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (42.55%) Test Automation
2 122 (33.06%) Software Testing
3 118 (31.98%) Penetration Testing
4 109 (29.54%) Agile
5 102 (27.64%) Cybersecurity
6 95 (25.75%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (16.53%) Computer Science
8 59 (15.99%) Test Scripting
9 53 (14.36%) API Testing
10 52 (14.09%) Red Team
11 51 (13.82%) Information Security
11 51 (13.82%) Security Testing
12 44 (11.92%) CI/CD
13 42 (11.38%) Mentoring
14 40 (10.84%) Scrum
15 35 (9.49%) Application Security
15 35 (9.49%) Critical Thinking
15 35 (9.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 33 (8.94%) DevOps
17 32 (8.67%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 54 (14.63%) Java
2 45 (12.20%) C#
3 38 (10.30%) JavaScript
4 26 (7.05%) SQL
5 24 (6.50%) Python
6 8 (2.17%) Bash
7 4 (1.08%) Ruby
7 4 (1.08%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.54%) C
10 1 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) VB
10 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 73 (19.78%) Degree
2 61 (16.53%) Security Cleared
3 48 (13.01%) OSCP
4 47 (12.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (10.03%) SC Cleared
6 35 (9.49%) CREST Certified
7 21 (5.69%) DV Cleared
8 20 (5.42%) CHECK Team Member
9 18 (4.88%) ISTQB
10 12 (3.25%) ISEB
11 10 (2.71%) CHECK Team Leader
12 8 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (2.17%) Cyber Scheme
13 7 (1.90%) CEH
14 6 (1.63%) GIAC
14 6 (1.63%) GPEN
14 6 (1.63%) PCI QSA
14 6 (1.63%) Tigerscheme
15 5 (1.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (1.36%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (25.75%) QA
2 14 (3.79%) GRC
2 14 (3.79%) PCI DSS
3 13 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.44%) NIST
5 6 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.81%) GDPR
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.54%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (4.61%) Docker
2 11 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.63%) Nessus
2 6 (1.63%) Nmap
3 4 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Consul
4 1 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.27%) SysTrack
4 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.36%) Oracle
3 4 (1.08%) Google
4 3 (0.81%) Qualys
5 2 (0.54%) Databricks
5 2 (0.54%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.54%) Jaspersoft
5 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.54%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.27%) Aderant
6 1 (0.27%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.27%) HP
6 1 (0.27%) iManage
6 1 (0.27%) Intapp
6 1 (0.27%) Murex
6 1 (0.27%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce