Tester Jobs in the South East

Tester
England > South East

The median Tester salary in the South East is £45,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 304 317
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 71 113 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.76% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.84% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 36 77 123
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,375 £77,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,676 13,491 19,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.50% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,454 12,614
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the South East

Tester
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in the South East.

Salary trend for Tester in the South East

Tester
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the South East

Tester
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Hampshire -4 31 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Thames Valley -25 20 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Berkshire -10 16 £67,500 -3.57% 3
Surrey -6 8 £45,500 -20.87% 4
Kent -3 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Middlesex - 4 £42,500 -
Buckinghamshire -18 3 £42,500 -9.57%
West Sussex +35 1 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Oxfordshire +6 1 - -
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 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 South East region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 62 (87.32%) Test Automation
2 47 (66.20%) Selenium
3 43 (60.56%) Agile
4 35 (49.30%) Software Testing
5 32 (45.07%) Security Cleared
6 28 (39.44%) QA
7 27 (38.03%) Test Scripting
8 23 (32.39%) Technical Analysis
8 23 (32.39%) Mentoring
8 23 (32.39%) Coaching
8 23 (32.39%) Requirements Analysis
8 23 (32.39%) Actionable Insight
8 23 (32.39%) Test Assurance
9 22 (30.99%) CI/CD
10 21 (29.58%) DV Cleared
11 19 (26.76%) Aerospace
11 19 (26.76%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (25.35%) Java
13 17 (23.94%) Cucumber
14 16 (22.54%) C#
15 14 (19.72%) BDD
15 14 (19.72%) API Testing
15 14 (19.72%) Scenario Testing
16 13 (18.31%) JavaScript
17 12 (16.90%) Scrum
17 12 (16.90%) REST
18 11 (15.49%) SC Cleared
18 11 (15.49%) TestNG
18 11 (15.49%) WebDriver
18 11 (15.49%) SDET

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (14.08%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.08%) Azure
2 9 (12.68%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (12.68%) SaaS
3 8 (11.27%) GitHub
4 6 (8.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Wireless
1 1 (1.41%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (66.20%) Selenium
2 17 (23.94%) Cucumber
3 11 (15.49%) JUnit
3 11 (15.49%) REST Assured
3 11 (15.49%) TestNG
3 11 (15.49%) WebDriver
4 9 (12.68%) JIRA
5 8 (11.27%) Jenkins
6 7 (9.86%) JMeter
7 6 (8.45%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (8.45%) Serenity BDD
8 5 (7.04%) Bitbucket
8 5 (7.04%) SoapUI
8 5 (7.04%) SpecFlow
9 4 (5.63%) Cypress.io
9 4 (5.63%) eggPlant
10 2 (2.82%) LoadRunner
11 1 (1.41%) Hudson
11 1 (1.41%) Maven
11 1 (1.41%) Postman
General
1 19 (26.76%) Aerospace
2 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Marketing
4 3 (4.23%) Retail
5 2 (2.82%) Finance
6 1 (1.41%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) REST
2 11 (15.49%) Web Services
3 10 (14.08%) Apache Commons
3 10 (14.08%) Guava
3 10 (14.08%) Java Concurrency
3 10 (14.08%) WireMock
4 9 (12.68%) .NET
5 7 (9.86%) RESTful
6 5 (7.04%) SOAP
7 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.41%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.63%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (4.23%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.82%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.82%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) IoT
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (87.32%) Test Automation
2 43 (60.56%) Agile
3 35 (49.30%) Software Testing
4 27 (38.03%) Test Scripting
5 23 (32.39%) Actionable Insight
5 23 (32.39%) Coaching
5 23 (32.39%) Mentoring
5 23 (32.39%) Requirements Analysis
5 23 (32.39%) Technical Analysis
5 23 (32.39%) Test Assurance
6 22 (30.99%) CI/CD
7 19 (26.76%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (19.72%) API Testing
8 14 (19.72%) BDD
8 14 (19.72%) Scenario Testing
9 12 (16.90%) Scrum
10 11 (15.49%) Code Quality
10 11 (15.49%) SDET
11 10 (14.08%) Containerisation
11 10 (14.08%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) Java
2 16 (22.54%) C#
3 13 (18.31%) JavaScript
4 11 (15.49%) SQL
5 3 (4.23%) Python
6 2 (2.82%) C
7 1 (1.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.41%) VB
7 1 (1.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (45.07%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) DV Cleared
3 11 (15.49%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.68%) Degree
5 7 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (9.86%) ISTQB
6 5 (7.04%) ISEB
7 2 (2.82%) OSCP
8 1 (1.41%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (1.41%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (39.44%) QA
2 2 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (15.49%) Virtual Machines
2 10 (14.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Oracle
3 2 (2.82%) Dynatrace