Senior Tester Jobs in England

Senior Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Tester salary in England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 854 987
Rank change year-on-year +64 +133 -234
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 47 93 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.055% 0.099% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 38 73 93
10th Percentile £42,125 £43,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,063 £58,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +36.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £91,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £119,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +31.82% +4.76%

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 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 25 April 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 25 April 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
London +97 32 £70,000 -10.83% 4
Midlands +9 5 £57,500 -4.17%
North of England +36 4 £42,500 -8.60% 1
North West +10 4 £42,500 -5.56% 1
East Midlands -14 3 £57,500 +27.78%
West Midlands +19 2 £45,000 -35.71%
South East +12 2 £60,000 -20.00%
South West -20 2 £44,674 -0.73%
Senior Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 22 (46.81%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (40.43%) Test Automation
3 17 (36.17%) CREST Certified
4 13 (27.66%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (27.66%) Software Testing
5 12 (25.53%) Agile
6 10 (21.28%) Security Testing
7 9 (19.15%) QA
7 9 (19.15%) Selenium
7 9 (19.15%) OSCP
8 8 (17.02%) SpecFlow
8 8 (17.02%) Mobile App
8 8 (17.02%) OWASP
8 8 (17.02%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (14.89%) JIRA
9 7 (14.89%) Information Security
9 7 (14.89%) CHECK Team Leader
9 7 (14.89%) API Testing
10 6 (12.77%) DevOps
10 6 (12.77%) Data Privacy
10 6 (12.77%) CHECK Team Member
10 6 (12.77%) Presales
10 6 (12.77%) Tigerscheme
10 6 (12.77%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (12.77%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (12.77%) Security Architecture
10 6 (12.77%) PCI DSS
10 6 (12.77%) PCI QSA
10 6 (12.77%) Scrum

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 5 (10.64%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) Firewall
1 6 (12.77%) Wireless
2 1 (2.13%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Selenium
2 8 (17.02%) SpecFlow
3 7 (14.89%) JIRA
4 5 (10.64%) Postman
5 4 (8.51%) Appium
5 4 (8.51%) Cucumber
5 4 (8.51%) Cypress.io
6 3 (6.38%) JMeter
7 2 (4.26%) SoapUI
7 2 (4.26%) TeamCity
7 2 (4.26%) WebDriver
8 1 (2.13%) JUnit
8 1 (2.13%) TestNG
General
1 6 (12.77%) Marketing
1 6 (12.77%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Law
3 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.51%) Retail
4 1 (2.13%) Banking
4 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) SOAP
2 4 (8.51%) Playwright
2 4 (8.51%) RESTful
3 3 (6.38%) Gherkin
4 2 (4.26%) .NET
4 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.51%) Cyberattack
2 4 (8.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (46.81%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (40.43%) Test Automation
3 13 (27.66%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (27.66%) Software Testing
4 12 (25.53%) Agile
5 10 (21.28%) Security Testing
6 8 (17.02%) OWASP
6 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.02%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (14.89%) API Testing
7 7 (14.89%) Information Security
8 6 (12.77%) Actionable Insight
8 6 (12.77%) Data Privacy
8 6 (12.77%) DevOps
8 6 (12.77%) Presales
8 6 (12.77%) Red Team
8 6 (12.77%) Scrum
8 6 (12.77%) Security Architecture
8 6 (12.77%) Test Management
8 6 (12.77%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) C#
2 4 (8.51%) Ruby
3 3 (6.38%) SQL
4 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) CREST Certified
2 9 (19.15%) OSCP
3 7 (14.89%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (12.77%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (12.77%) Cyber Scheme
4 6 (12.77%) PCI QSA
4 6 (12.77%) Tigerscheme
5 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
6 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (8.51%) CCSAM
7 2 (4.26%) ISTQB
8 1 (2.13%) CCNA
8 1 (2.13%) CCNP
8 1 (2.13%) CEH
8 1 (2.13%) CISA
8 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.13%) CISM
8 1 (2.13%) CISSP
8 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) QA
2 6 (12.77%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (12.77%) GRC
2 6 (12.77%) NIST
2 6 (12.77%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Murex
2 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow