Senior Tester Job Trends in Berkshire

Senior Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Tester salary in Berkshire is £59,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.10% - 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £52,175 - £47,850
25th Percentile £53,563 - £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 - £50,900
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.25%
75th Percentile £63,188 - £53,700
90th Percentile £63,525 - £53,790
South East median annual salary £50,000 - £60,000

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 1,826 2,304 1,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 95.09% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 788 1,305 1,267
10th Percentile £27,800 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,840 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in Berkshire

Senior Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Tester job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Tester job vacancies in Berkshire

Senior 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 Senior Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 - 1 £57,500 - 1
Senior Tester
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Tester in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) ATDD
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) ATDD
1 1 (50.00%) BDD
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) OSINT
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable