Tester Jobs in Wales

Tester
UK > Wales

The median Tester salary in Wales is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 129 114
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 12 4 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.59% 0.24% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.28% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 15
10th Percentile - £39,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £21,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £43,750 £54,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £54,050 £60,600 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,871 1,433 1,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 85.81% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 819 1,135
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,320 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Wales

Tester
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Tester in Wales

Tester
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Wales

Tester
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
South Wales +8 7 £42,500 -5.56% 1
North Wales - 4 - -
West Wales - 1 - - 1
Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Wales region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Retail
2 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Azure
3 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Cucumber
4 4 (33.33%) FMCG
4 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Load Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Java
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (33.33%) Web Services
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Sprint Review
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Postman
4 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 4 (33.33%) Postman
2 3 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (8.33%) JMeter
3 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 7 (58.33%) Retail
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) FMCG
1 4 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (33.33%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
4 4 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Load Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (33.33%) SDLC
4 4 (33.33%) Sprint Review
4 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (25.00%) BDD
5 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle