Tester Job Trends in Exeter

Tester
Devon > Exeter

The median Tester salary in Exeter is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £42,500 - £23,141
% change year-on-year - - -4.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 402 138 326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 93.24% 97.90%
Number of salaries quoted 286 124 265
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,218
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% -16.88% -10.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £63,000
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Tester job vacancy trend in Exeter

Tester
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Exeter

Tester Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Exeter region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Games
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA