Tester Jobs in the Thames Valley

Tester
South East > Thames Valley

The median Tester salary in the Thames Valley is £62,500 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 224 201 198
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 20 65 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 1.06% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 1.18% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 53
10th Percentile £41,500 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £36,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.41% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,377 5,507 6,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.88% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,541 3,214 4,169
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the Thames Valley

Tester
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Tester in the Thames Valley

Tester
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the Thames Valley

Tester
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire 0 16 £67,500 -3.57% 2
Buckinghamshire -16 3 £42,500 -9.57%
Oxfordshire +5 1 - -
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 18 (90.00%) Selenium
2 17 (85.00%) Test Automation
3 16 (80.00%) Cucumber
4 15 (75.00%) Java
4 15 (75.00%) CI/CD
5 13 (65.00%) Software Testing
6 12 (60.00%) Agile
6 12 (60.00%) BDD
6 12 (60.00%) Scenario Testing
7 11 (55.00%) Code Quality
7 11 (55.00%) REST Assured
7 11 (55.00%) SDET
7 11 (55.00%) WebDriver
7 11 (55.00%) Scrum
8 10 (50.00%) JUnit
8 10 (50.00%) Apache
8 10 (50.00%) REST
8 10 (50.00%) Java Concurrency
8 10 (50.00%) Guava
8 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
8 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
8 10 (50.00%) TestNG
8 10 (50.00%) Docker
8 10 (50.00%) Apache Commons
8 10 (50.00%) Kubernetes
8 10 (50.00%) WireMock
8 10 (50.00%) API Testing
8 10 (50.00%) Design Patterns
8 10 (50.00%) Containerisation
9 6 (30.00%) Task Automation

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
1 6 (30.00%) SaaS
2 5 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (90.00%) Selenium
2 16 (80.00%) Cucumber
3 11 (55.00%) REST Assured
3 11 (55.00%) WebDriver
4 10 (50.00%) JUnit
4 10 (50.00%) TestNG
5 6 (30.00%) JIRA
6 5 (25.00%) Bitbucket Server
6 5 (25.00%) Jenkins
6 5 (25.00%) JMeter
6 5 (25.00%) Serenity BDD
7 4 (20.00%) Bitbucket
7 4 (20.00%) SoapUI
8 1 (5.00%) Hudson
8 1 (5.00%) Postman
General
1 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) Apache Commons
1 10 (50.00%) Guava
1 10 (50.00%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (50.00%) REST
1 10 (50.00%) WireMock
2 6 (30.00%) Web Services
3 4 (20.00%) RESTful
3 4 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Test Automation
2 15 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 13 (65.00%) Software Testing
4 12 (60.00%) Agile
4 12 (60.00%) BDD
4 12 (60.00%) Scenario Testing
5 11 (55.00%) Code Quality
5 11 (55.00%) Scrum
5 11 (55.00%) SDET
6 10 (50.00%) API Testing
6 10 (50.00%) Containerisation
6 10 (50.00%) Design Patterns
7 6 (30.00%) Task Automation
7 6 (30.00%) Test Management
8 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
10 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 1 (5.00%) Acceptance Criteria
11 1 (5.00%) Housing Management
11 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (75.00%) Java
2 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) ISEB
2 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle