Tester Jobs in Leeds

Tester
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Tester salary in Leeds is £33,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 145 137
Rank change year-on-year +22 -8 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 10 38 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.44% 1.25% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.32% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 36
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £36,654
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £39,688 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £46,875 £63,300 £68,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £30,000 £46,250 £45,750
% change year-on-year -35.14% +1.09% -3.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,168 2,887 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.01% 95.22% 97.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,567 1,730 2,547
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,131 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,957 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,375 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Leeds

Tester
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Tester in Leeds

Tester
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Leeds region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (40.00%) Law
2 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (30.00%) QA
3 3 (30.00%) OSCP
4 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) TestNG
5 1 (10.00%) Git
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
5 1 (10.00%) BDD
5 1 (10.00%) Maven
5 1 (10.00%) Subversion
5 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) NHS
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Games
5 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) SQL

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Maven
1 1 (10.00%) Postman
1 1 (10.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (10.00%) Subversion
1 1 (10.00%) TestNG
General
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (10.00%) Games
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (10.00%) API Testing
5 1 (10.00%) BDD
5 1 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Offensive Security
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) OSCP
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft