Functional Tester Job Trends in Dorset

Functional Tester
South West > Dorset

As of 8 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Functional Tester salary in Dorset.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 603 210 910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 97.67% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 365 142 622
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,300 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £65,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Functional Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Functional Tester job vacancy trend in Dorset

Functional Tester
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 8 April 2026. 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
Bournemouth - 1 - -
Functional Tester
South West

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Functional Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Dorset region featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) BlazeMeter
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) logstash
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BlazeMeter
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) logstash