Tester Jobs in East Sussex

Tester
South East > East Sussex

The median Tester salary in East Sussex is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 0.24% - 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £36,750 £45,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% -9.00% +12.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 383 713 782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 92.84% 83.28%
Number of salaries quoted 206 578 571
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,875 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in East Sussex

Tester
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for Tester in East Sussex

Tester
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Brighton - 1 £50,000 - 14
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 16 June 2025, 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 East Sussex region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR