Tester Jobs in Kent

Tester
South East > Kent

The median Tester salary in Kent is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 97 107
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 6 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.40% 0.45% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.52% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £38,200 £41,550 -
25th Percentile £46,375 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 -
90th Percentile £68,000 £56,200 -
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +9.89% +1.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,389 960 1,260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 85.64% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 531 733
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Kent

Tester
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Tester in Kent

Tester
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Kent over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Kent

Tester
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Kent region over the 6 months to 13 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
Sittingbourne - 2 £60,000 -
Chatham +7 1 £70,000 +40.00%
Dartford - 1 £33,500 -
Tester
South East

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Kent region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
1 4 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (33.33%) BDD
2 2 (33.33%) SpecFlow
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Degree

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) BDD
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree