Tester Jobs in Belfast

Tester
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Tester salary in Belfast is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 55 90
Rank change year-on-year +29 +35 -12
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Tester 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 1.68% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.79%
75th Percentile - - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £70,000 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.79%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 212 481 672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.08% 96.98% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 89 254 298
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £31,100
25th Percentile £47,000 £40,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £74,258 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,250
County Antrim median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% +10.00% +5.26%

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

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Belfast

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, 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 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) QA
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (25.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (25.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Private Banking
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux

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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Private Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) OWASP
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (25.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NCSC
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus