Senior Tester Jobs in England

Senior Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Tester salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 675 791 846
Rank change year-on-year +116 +55 +162
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 16 48 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.056% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.059% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 11 39 60
10th Percentile £40,988 £42,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,119 £45,875 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £121,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +36.36%

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 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 May 2025.

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 May 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
London +80 9 £80,000 +14.29% 9
North of England +55 3 £41,774 -1.71% 1
South West +118 2 £67,500 +51.10% 2
North West -4 1 £41,774 -1.71%
Yorkshire - 1 £41,774 - 1
North East - 1 £41,774 -
Senior Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 10 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (50.00%) Red Team
3 7 (43.75%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (43.75%) CREST Certified
4 6 (37.50%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
4 6 (37.50%) Security Testing
5 5 (31.25%) QA
5 5 (31.25%) Wireless
5 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (25.00%) Burp Suite
6 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
6 4 (25.00%) C#
6 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
7 3 (18.75%) Information Security
7 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (18.75%) Web Services
7 3 (18.75%) Python
7 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (18.75%) Metasploit
7 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 3 (18.75%) Azure
7 3 (18.75%) SaaS
7 3 (18.75%) SoapUI
7 3 (18.75%) OSCP
7 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
7 3 (18.75%) Actionable Recommendations

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 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) Wireless
2 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) Internet
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Burp Suite
2 3 (18.75%) Metasploit
2 3 (18.75%) SoapUI
3 2 (12.50%) Postman
3 2 (12.50%) Selenium
4 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
4 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Electronics
5 1 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Web Services
2 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
2 2 (12.50%) JSON
2 2 (12.50%) Swagger
2 2 (12.50%) XML
3 1 (6.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (50.00%) Red Team
3 7 (43.75%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (37.50%) Security Testing
5 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (18.75%) Coaching
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
6 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
6 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
6 3 (18.75%) User Experience
6 3 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (12.50%) API Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Cryptography
7 2 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) Bash
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CREST Certified
2 6 (37.50%) CHECK Team Leader
3 3 (18.75%) CHECK Team Member
3 3 (18.75%) OSCP
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) QA
2 3 (18.75%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) NIST
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Nmap
2 1 (6.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) SAP