Tester Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Tester salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 80 71
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.20% 0.52% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.61% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £40,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +27.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,813 £42,813
90th Percentile - £65,625 £43,375
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year -23.81% +27.27% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 986 657 766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.43% 84.77% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 832 404 539
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,613 £24,850
25th Percentile £37,400 £40,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +7.14% +9.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £85,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Tester in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 7 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Bugzilla
2 1 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) WireMock
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP