Senior Tester Jobs in England

Senior Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Tester salary in England is £54,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2024.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 722 997
Rank change year-on-year +1 +275 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 50 39 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.068% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.072% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 26 34 104
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £37,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.11% +10.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,125 £84,250
UK median annual salary £54,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 68,638 53,963 125,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.35% 94.02% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 39,909 39,988 73,529
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,277
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in England

Senior Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Tester in England

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Tester in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Tester in England

Senior 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 Senior Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
North of England +7 18 £40,000 -23.81% 1
London +17 17 £63,250 -8.00% 3
North West 0 13 £40,000 -23.81%
West Midlands -14 11 £40,000 -39.62% 1
Midlands -16 11 £40,000 -39.62% 1
North East - 3 - -
Yorkshire +41 2 - - 1
South West -11 2 £39,347 -12.56%
South East -44 1 - -
Senior Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2024, Senior 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 Senior Tester in the job title.

1 25 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 21 (42.00%) QA
3 18 (36.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (36.00%) Agile
4 17 (34.00%) Test Strategy
5 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
6 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared
6 13 (26.00%) C#
6 13 (26.00%) Accessibility
7 11 (22.00%) Public Sector
7 11 (22.00%) CHECK Team Leader
7 11 (22.00%) Manual Testing
8 10 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (20.00%) Coaching
9 9 (18.00%) SpecFlow
9 9 (18.00%) Gherkin
9 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
9 9 (18.00%) CSS
9 9 (18.00%) HTML
9 9 (18.00%) WCAG
9 9 (18.00%) WAI
9 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
9 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
10 8 (16.00%) DV Cleared
10 8 (16.00%) CREST Certified
11 7 (14.00%) SaaS
11 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (12.00%) API Testing
12 6 (12.00%) Non-Functional Testing
12 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (14.00%) SaaS
2 3 (6.00%) AWS
2 3 (6.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.00%) Wireless
2 2 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 9 (18.00%) SpecFlow
2 5 (10.00%) Cucumber
2 5 (10.00%) JMeter
2 5 (10.00%) Selenium
2 5 (10.00%) TeamCity
2 5 (10.00%) WebDriver
3 2 (4.00%) Burp Suite
3 2 (4.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) Metasploit
4 1 (2.00%) Postman
General
1 11 (22.00%) Public Sector
2 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (2.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) CSS
1 9 (18.00%) Gherkin
1 9 (18.00%) HTML
2 4 (8.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (4.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 18 (36.00%) Agile
3 17 (34.00%) Test Strategy
4 11 (22.00%) Manual Testing
5 10 (20.00%) Coaching
5 10 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
6 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
7 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.00%) API Testing
8 6 (12.00%) Non-Functional Testing
8 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.00%) Scrum
9 5 (10.00%) BDD
9 5 (10.00%) DevOps
9 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
9 5 (10.00%) Software Testing
9 5 (10.00%) User Stories
10 4 (8.00%) Red Team
10 4 (8.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (26.00%) C#
3 6 (12.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 8 (16.00%) CREST Certified
4 8 (16.00%) DV Cleared
5 6 (12.00%) ISTQB
6 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.00%) CCSAM
6 2 (4.00%) OSCP
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (2.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (42.00%) QA
2 13 (26.00%) Accessibility
3 9 (18.00%) WAI
3 9 (18.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (4.00%) Nessus
2 1 (2.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (2.00%) Qualys
1 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow