Tester Jobs in Berkshire

Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median Tester salary in Berkshire is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 138 149
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 17 50 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.55% 1.57% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.70% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 33
10th Percentile - £65,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +20.69% +16.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,000 £77,200
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,963 2,942 3,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 92.34% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,680 2,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,034 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Berkshire

Tester
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Tester in Berkshire

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 Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Reading -10 16 £67,500 -3.57% 2
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Tester
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Berkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Selenium
1 17 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 16 (94.12%) Cucumber
2 16 (94.12%) Java
3 15 (88.24%) CI/CD
4 13 (76.47%) Agile
4 13 (76.47%) Software Testing
5 12 (70.59%) BDD
5 12 (70.59%) Scrum
5 12 (70.59%) SDET
6 11 (64.71%) REST Assured
6 11 (64.71%) WebDriver
6 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
6 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
6 11 (64.71%) Code Quality
7 10 (58.82%) Design Patterns
7 10 (58.82%) TestNG
7 10 (58.82%) Apache
7 10 (58.82%) JUnit
7 10 (58.82%) Containerisation
7 10 (58.82%) WireMock
7 10 (58.82%) Scenario Testing
7 10 (58.82%) Docker
7 10 (58.82%) Apache Commons
7 10 (58.82%) Kubernetes
7 10 (58.82%) API Testing
7 10 (58.82%) Guava
7 10 (58.82%) REST
7 10 (58.82%) Java Concurrency
8 7 (41.18%) Task Automation

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) AWS
1 6 (35.29%) GitHub
1 6 (35.29%) SaaS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (100.00%) Selenium
2 16 (94.12%) Cucumber
3 11 (64.71%) REST Assured
3 11 (64.71%) WebDriver
4 10 (58.82%) JUnit
4 10 (58.82%) TestNG
5 6 (35.29%) Bitbucket Server
5 6 (35.29%) Jenkins
5 6 (35.29%) JIRA
5 6 (35.29%) JMeter
5 6 (35.29%) Serenity BDD
6 5 (29.41%) Bitbucket
6 5 (29.41%) SoapUI
7 1 (5.88%) Hudson
7 1 (5.88%) Postman
General
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.88%) Marketing
2 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (58.82%) Apache Commons
1 10 (58.82%) Guava
1 10 (58.82%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (58.82%) REST
1 10 (58.82%) WireMock
2 7 (41.18%) Web Services
3 5 (29.41%) RESTful
3 5 (29.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 15 (88.24%) CI/CD
3 13 (76.47%) Agile
3 13 (76.47%) Software Testing
4 12 (70.59%) BDD
4 12 (70.59%) Scrum
4 12 (70.59%) SDET
5 11 (64.71%) Code Quality
6 10 (58.82%) API Testing
6 10 (58.82%) Containerisation
6 10 (58.82%) Design Patterns
6 10 (58.82%) Scenario Testing
7 7 (41.18%) Task Automation
8 6 (35.29%) Test Management
9 5 (29.41%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (23.53%) Continuous Deployment
11 1 (5.88%) Acceptance Criteria
11 1 (5.88%) Performance Testing
11 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
11 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (94.12%) Java
2 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
2 6 (35.29%) SQL
3 1 (5.88%) C#
3 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
1 11 (64.71%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (58.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle