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 30 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
30 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 184 216
Rank change year-on-year -47 +32 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 16 65 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% 1.12% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 1.25% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10 33 52
10th Percentile £39,500 £32,500 £32,550
25th Percentile £61,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £71,563 £72,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% +5.88%

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 6,671 5,187 6,948
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.71% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,565 3,077 4,114
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,869
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
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 £78,614 £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 30 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 30 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 -10 13 £65,000 -7.14% 4
Buckinghamshire -21 2 £33,250 -29.26% 1
Oxfordshire -7 1 - -
Tester
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 15 (93.75%) Selenium
2 14 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 14 (87.50%) Cucumber
3 13 (81.25%) Java
3 13 (81.25%) CI/CD
4 12 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
5 11 (68.75%) BDD
5 11 (68.75%) WebDriver
5 11 (68.75%) Code Quality
5 11 (68.75%) REST Assured
6 10 (62.50%) Design Patterns
6 10 (62.50%) Containerisation
6 10 (62.50%) TestNG
6 10 (62.50%) REST
6 10 (62.50%) Java Concurrency
6 10 (62.50%) WireMock
6 10 (62.50%) Docker
6 10 (62.50%) Apache Commons
6 10 (62.50%) Guava
6 10 (62.50%) Kubernetes
6 10 (62.50%) API Testing
6 10 (62.50%) JUnit
6 10 (62.50%) Apache
6 10 (62.50%) Software Testing
7 9 (56.25%) Scrum
7 9 (56.25%) SDET
7 9 (56.25%) Agile
8 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
9 5 (31.25%) Continuous Integration

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 (62.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) GitHub
2 3 (18.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (93.75%) Selenium
2 14 (87.50%) Cucumber
3 11 (68.75%) REST Assured
3 11 (68.75%) WebDriver
4 10 (62.50%) JUnit
4 10 (62.50%) TestNG
5 4 (25.00%) JIRA
6 3 (18.75%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
6 3 (18.75%) JMeter
6 3 (18.75%) Serenity BDD
7 2 (12.50%) Bitbucket
7 2 (12.50%) SoapUI
8 1 (6.25%) Hudson
8 1 (6.25%) Postman
General
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (62.50%) Apache Commons
1 10 (62.50%) Guava
1 10 (62.50%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (62.50%) REST
1 10 (62.50%) WireMock
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) RESTful
3 2 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 13 (81.25%) CI/CD
3 12 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
4 11 (68.75%) BDD
4 11 (68.75%) Code Quality
5 10 (62.50%) API Testing
5 10 (62.50%) Containerisation
5 10 (62.50%) Design Patterns
5 10 (62.50%) Software Testing
6 9 (56.25%) Agile
6 9 (56.25%) Scrum
6 9 (56.25%) SDET
7 5 (31.25%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
8 4 (25.00%) Task Automation
9 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (18.75%) Test Management
10 1 (6.25%) Business Transformation
10 1 (6.25%) Data Validation
10 1 (6.25%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) ISEB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 10 (62.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (62.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle
9 Tester jobs in the South East