Junior Tester
UK

The median Junior Tester salary in the UK is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 971 1162
Rank change year-on-year +92 +191 -296
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Tester 15 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.017% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.019% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 25
10th Percentile £24,650 £23,981 £22,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,146 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £26,250 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,750
90th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £42,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £24,146 £27,500
% change year-on-year +13.89% -12.20% +17.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Tester in the UK

Junior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Tester in the UK

Junior Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Tester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Tester in the UK

Junior Tester
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +106 14 £27,500 +4.76% 2
UK excluding London +3 11 £27,500 +13.89% 2
East of England +29 7 £27,500 -
London +126 4 £35,000 - 1
Work from Home +94 2 £36,500 +51.16% 1
North of England - 2 £24,500 -
South West -26 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North West - 1 £24,500 -
Scotland - 1 £26,500 - 1

Junior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Tester in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (46.67%) SDLC
3 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
3 7 (46.67%) Degree
3 7 (46.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) C#
6 2 (13.33%) HTML
6 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (13.33%) Law
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
6 2 (13.33%) TDD
6 2 (13.33%) CSS
6 2 (13.33%) Selenium
6 2 (13.33%) Web Testing
6 2 (13.33%) OSCP
7 1 (6.67%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (6.67%) Offensive Security
7 1 (6.67%) Code Quality
7 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.67%) Playwright
7 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
7 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
7 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (6.67%) Defect Tracking

Junior Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Selenium
2 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) CSS
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (46.67%) Computer Science
2 7 (46.67%) SDLC
3 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Scrum
5 2 (13.33%) TDD
5 2 (13.33%) Web Testing
6 1 (6.67%) BDD
6 1 (6.67%) Code Quality
6 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (6.67%) Manual Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Offensive Security
6 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Test Management
6 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.67%) Java
4 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA