Tester Jobs in Bristol

Tester
South West > Bristol

The median Tester salary in Bristol is £45,000 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 140 130 141
Rank change year-on-year -10 +11 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 23 39 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.74% 1.45% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.56% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 48
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,750 £33,375
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £70,125 £73,250 £61,250
South West median annual salary £37,674 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.28% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,010 2,495 3,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.82% 92.89% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,241 1,570 2,224
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +9.20% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,151 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Bristol

Tester
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Tester in Bristol

Tester
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Bristol

Tester
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Bristol 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
Avonmouth - 1 £65,000 -
Tester
South West

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

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 Bristol region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 20 (86.96%) Penetration Testing
2 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
3 16 (69.57%) Incident Response
3 16 (69.57%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (69.57%) Degree
3 16 (69.57%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (56.52%) Computer Science
5 12 (52.17%) Risk Analysis
6 11 (47.83%) OSCP
6 11 (47.83%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (34.78%) Mobile App
7 8 (34.78%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (34.78%) Red Team
8 7 (30.43%) Security Posture
9 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
9 6 (26.09%) Software Testing
10 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (21.74%) CREST Certified
11 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
11 4 (17.39%) Malware Analysis
11 4 (17.39%) Burp Suite
11 4 (17.39%) Kali Linux
11 4 (17.39%) Mobile Application Development
11 4 (17.39%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (17.39%) Wireless Security
11 4 (17.39%) Bash
11 4 (17.39%) Metasploit
11 4 (17.39%) Reverse Engineering

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (17.39%) Firewall
1 4 (17.39%) Internet
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
1 4 (17.39%) Wireless
1 4 (17.39%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Burp Suite
1 4 (17.39%) Metasploit
General
1 17 (73.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Mobile App
2 7 (30.43%) Security Posture
3 4 (17.39%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Kali Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Unix
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Android
2 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (69.57%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (69.57%) Incident Response
2 16 (69.57%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (56.52%) Computer Science
4 12 (52.17%) Risk Analysis
5 8 (34.78%) Red Team
6 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
6 6 (26.09%) Software Testing
7 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (17.39%) Cryptography
8 4 (17.39%) Malware Analysis
8 4 (17.39%) Mobile Application Development
8 4 (17.39%) Reverse Engineering
9 3 (13.04%) Information Security
10 2 (8.70%) Performance Testing
10 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
10 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
10 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Bash
1 4 (17.39%) C#
1 4 (17.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Degree
2 11 (47.83%) CHECK Team Member
2 11 (47.83%) OSCP
3 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (21.74%) CREST Certified
5 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.35%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Nmap