Tester Jobs in Reading

Tester
Berkshire > Reading

The median Tester salary in Reading is £67,500 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 105 104 119
Rank change year-on-year -1 +15 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 15 31 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.88% 1.92% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 2.05% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 16
10th Percentile - £65,500 £41,875
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £71,563 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £70,000
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +18.64% +18.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,513 1,722
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.68% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 808 1,024
10th Percentile £29,813 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £74,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Reading

Tester
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Tester in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Java
1 15 (100.00%) Selenium
1 15 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 15 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 14 (93.33%) CI/CD
3 11 (73.33%) REST Assured
3 11 (73.33%) Code Quality
3 11 (73.33%) SDET
3 11 (73.33%) BDD
3 11 (73.33%) WebDriver
3 11 (73.33%) Scrum
3 11 (73.33%) Agile
3 11 (73.33%) Software Testing
4 10 (66.67%) JUnit
4 10 (66.67%) Apache
4 10 (66.67%) REST
4 10 (66.67%) Java Concurrency
4 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 10 (66.67%) TestNG
4 10 (66.67%) WireMock
4 10 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
4 10 (66.67%) Guava
4 10 (66.67%) Docker
4 10 (66.67%) Apache Commons
4 10 (66.67%) Kubernetes
4 10 (66.67%) API Testing
4 10 (66.67%) Design Patterns
4 10 (66.67%) Containerisation
5 6 (40.00%) Task Automation

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 10 (66.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
1 5 (33.33%) GitHub
1 5 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 15 (100.00%) Selenium
2 11 (73.33%) REST Assured
2 11 (73.33%) WebDriver
3 10 (66.67%) JUnit
3 10 (66.67%) TestNG
4 5 (33.33%) Bitbucket Server
4 5 (33.33%) Jenkins
4 5 (33.33%) JIRA
4 5 (33.33%) JMeter
4 5 (33.33%) Serenity BDD
5 4 (26.67%) Bitbucket
5 4 (26.67%) SoapUI
6 1 (6.67%) Hudson
6 1 (6.67%) Postman
General
1 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (66.67%) Apache Commons
1 10 (66.67%) Guava
1 10 (66.67%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (66.67%) REST
1 10 (66.67%) WireMock
2 5 (33.33%) Web Services
3 4 (26.67%) RESTful
3 4 (26.67%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 14 (93.33%) CI/CD
3 11 (73.33%) Agile
3 11 (73.33%) BDD
3 11 (73.33%) Code Quality
3 11 (73.33%) Scrum
3 11 (73.33%) SDET
3 11 (73.33%) Software Testing
4 10 (66.67%) API Testing
4 10 (66.67%) Containerisation
4 10 (66.67%) Design Patterns
4 10 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Task Automation
6 5 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (33.33%) Test Management
7 4 (26.67%) Continuous Deployment
8 1 (6.67%) Clean Code
8 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
8 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
8 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle