Junior Tester Jobs in England

Junior Tester
UK > England

The median Junior Tester salary in England is £27,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 907 1102
Rank change year-on-year +86 +195 -248
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Tester 14 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.020% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.021% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 22
10th Percentile - £23,981 £23,650
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,146 £25,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £26,250 £29,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.76% +8.18%
75th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
90th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 £42,750
UK median annual salary £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Tester in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Tester in England

Junior Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
East of England +23 7 £27,500 -
London +120 4 £35,000 - 1
North of England - 2 £24,500 -
South West -26 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North West - 1 £24,500 -
Junior Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Junior 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 England region featuring Junior Tester in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Software Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (50.00%) SDLC
3 7 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (50.00%) Degree
3 7 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) SQL
4 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) C#
6 2 (14.29%) HTML
6 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 2 (14.29%) Law
6 2 (14.29%) Scrum
6 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 2 (14.29%) CSS
6 2 (14.29%) Selenium
6 2 (14.29%) Web Testing
6 2 (14.29%) OSCP
7 1 (7.14%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.14%) Playwright
7 1 (7.14%) Offensive Security
7 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
7 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
7 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
7 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (7.14%) Defect Tracking
7 1 (7.14%) Cucumber

Junior Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Software Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (50.00%) SDLC
3 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) TDD
5 2 (14.29%) Web Testing
6 1 (7.14%) BDD
6 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
6 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (7.14%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (7.14%) Manual Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Offensive Security
6 1 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Test Management
6 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) C#
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.14%) Java
4 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA