Junior Software Tester Jobs in Berkshire

Junior Software Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Junior Software Tester salary in Berkshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £29,750 - -
25th Percentile £33,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £45,625 - -
90th Percentile £48,250 - -
South East median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,249 2,931 2,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 77.53% 95.44% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 570 2,105 1,664
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Junior Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Tester in Berkshire

Junior Software Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Junior Software Tester in Berkshire

Junior Software Tester
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Software Tester in Berkshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Junior Software Tester in Berkshire

Junior Software Tester
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
Reading - 2 £40,000 -
Junior Software Tester
South East

Junior Software Tester Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Junior Software 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 Berkshire region featuring Junior Software Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) .NET

Junior Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification