Tester Jobs in Merseyside

Tester
North West > Merseyside

The median Tester salary in Merseyside is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 93 97
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 8 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.62% 1.37% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 1.71% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £32,650 - £23,625
25th Percentile £36,250 - £25,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £28,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £57,813 - £30,938
90th Percentile £73,750 - £32,625
North West median annual salary £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,223 875 1,114
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 80.05% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 854 451 713
10th Percentile £25,150 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,191 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,600 £74,257
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Merseyside over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 30 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
Liverpool -3 4 £61,250 -
Tester
North West

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Merseyside region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (50.00%) Logistics
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Appium
3 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
3 3 (37.50%) Selenium
4 2 (25.00%) SoapUI
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (25.00%) SOAtest
4 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
4 2 (25.00%) Postman
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) QA
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) TestNG
4 2 (25.00%) Git
4 2 (25.00%) WebDriver
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Java

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

Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Appium
1 3 (37.50%) Cucumber
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) Git
2 2 (25.00%) JUnit
2 2 (25.00%) Postman
2 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
2 2 (25.00%) SoapUI
2 2 (25.00%) SOAtest
2 2 (25.00%) TestNG
2 2 (25.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
2 1 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Logistics
2 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Business Development
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Ruby
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA