Tester Jobs in the North of England

Tester
England > North of England

The median Tester salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 174 254
Rank change year-on-year -148 +80 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 57 318 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% 1.85% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 2.07% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 43 64 103
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,938 £36,827
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +14.71% +13.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £54,750 £67,500 £64,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,575 15,385 17,253
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.35% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 8,143 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in the North of England.

Salary trend for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the North of England

Tester
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West -127 36 £42,500 -5.56% 8
Yorkshire +7 20 £38,750 -22.50% 11
North East -9 1 - - 1
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 North of England region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 26 (45.61%) Test Automation
2 25 (43.86%) QA
3 21 (36.84%) Software Testing
4 16 (28.07%) Agile
5 15 (26.32%) Selenium
6 13 (22.81%) JavaScript
7 12 (21.05%) Regression Testing
8 11 (19.30%) Java
8 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
9 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (17.54%) SDLC
10 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (15.79%) Cucumber
10 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (15.79%) Manual Testing
11 8 (14.04%) Scrum
11 8 (14.04%) C#
11 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
11 8 (14.04%) Appium
11 8 (14.04%) Mobile App
11 8 (14.04%) Code Quality
12 7 (12.28%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (12.28%) Legal
12 7 (12.28%) Finance
12 7 (12.28%) Logistics
12 7 (12.28%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.28%) Security Testing
12 7 (12.28%) Gherkin
12 7 (12.28%) OSCP
13 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (3.51%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) Azure
2 3 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (1.75%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.75%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Wireless
2 2 (3.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (26.32%) Selenium
2 9 (15.79%) Cucumber
3 8 (14.04%) Appium
4 6 (10.53%) Postman
5 5 (8.77%) JIRA
6 4 (7.02%) Protractor
6 4 (7.02%) REST Assured
6 4 (7.02%) SoapUI
6 4 (7.02%) TestNG
6 4 (7.02%) WebDriver
7 3 (5.26%) Burp Suite
7 3 (5.26%) Git
7 3 (5.26%) JMeter
7 3 (5.26%) JUnit
7 3 (5.26%) Metasploit
8 2 (3.51%) SOAtest
8 2 (3.51%) SpecFlow
8 2 (3.51%) TeamCity
9 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.75%) Maven
General
1 11 (19.30%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Finance
3 7 (12.28%) Legal
4 6 (10.53%) Law
5 5 (8.77%) Automotive
5 5 (8.77%) Retail
6 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.51%) Banking
8 2 (3.51%) Marketing
9 1 (1.75%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.75%) Games
9 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.51%) .NET
2 2 (3.51%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) EDI
3 1 (1.75%) JSON
3 1 (1.75%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) Swagger
3 1 (1.75%) Web Services
3 1 (1.75%) WireMock
3 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.02%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.26%) IoT
4 3 (5.26%) Operational Technology
4 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) FMCG
5 1 (1.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Kali Linux
2 2 (3.51%) Android
2 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Test Automation
2 21 (36.84%) Software Testing
3 16 (28.07%) Agile
4 12 (21.05%) Regression Testing
5 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (17.54%) SDLC
6 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (15.79%) Manual Testing
7 8 (14.04%) Code Quality
7 8 (14.04%) Scrum
8 7 (12.28%) Creative Thinking
8 7 (12.28%) Logistics
8 7 (12.28%) Security Testing
9 6 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (10.53%) Exploratory Testing
9 6 (10.53%) Test Management
10 5 (8.77%) DevOps
10 5 (8.77%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (8.77%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (8.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) JavaScript
2 11 (19.30%) Java
3 8 (14.04%) C#
4 5 (8.77%) Python
5 4 (7.02%) SQL
6 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.75%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) OSCP
1 7 (12.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.53%) ISTQB
2 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.26%) CREST Certified
3 3 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (5.26%) OSCE
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) HND
4 2 (3.51%) ISEB
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (43.86%) QA
2 2 (3.51%) ISO 14001
2 2 (3.51%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Nessus
1 3 (5.26%) Nmap
2 1 (1.75%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.75%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Qualys
3 1 (1.75%) HP