Tester Jobs in Belfast

Tester
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Tester salary in Belfast is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 89 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 -32 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 0.39% 0.53% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.56% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £54,125 £44,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £58,438 £54,375 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £72,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +126.56% +16.36%
75th Percentile £75,938 £73,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £78,375 - £49,375
County Antrim median annual salary £68,750 £72,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +130.16% +14.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 488 709 461
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.50% 94.66% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 248 399 255
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,138 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £69,013 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,750 £71,250
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +12.50%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Belfast

Tester
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Tester in Belfast

Tester
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Belfast over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Belfast region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Trustwave
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CGEIT
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Nmap
2 1 (50.00%) AppScan
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (50.00%) AppScan
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) CGEIT
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
2 1 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Trustwave