Tester Jobs in London

Tester
England > London

The median Tester salary in London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 361 516
Rank change year-on-year +8 +155 -124
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 152 295 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.64% 0.83% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.87% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 128 158 234
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £36,475
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,188 £71,250
90th Percentile - £91,250 £92,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,228 33,761 64,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.05% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,730 24,758 34,902
10th Percentile £38,454 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,469
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in London

Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Tester in London

Tester
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in London

Tester
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +62 20 £55,000 -12.00% 2
South London -40 9 £70,000 +27.27% 2
West London -23 3 £50,000 - 2
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 77 (50.66%) Penetration Testing
2 63 (41.45%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
4 55 (36.18%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (27.63%) Test Automation
6 40 (26.32%) Red Team
7 39 (25.66%) Security Testing
8 38 (25.00%) Information Security
9 37 (24.34%) Degree
10 34 (22.37%) Application Security
11 32 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
11 32 (21.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 31 (20.39%) Metasploit
12 31 (20.39%) Agile
12 31 (20.39%) Linux
12 31 (20.39%) Critical Thinking
13 30 (19.74%) Computer Science
14 29 (19.08%) Network Security
15 28 (18.42%) Reverse Engineering
15 28 (18.42%) Malware Analysis
15 28 (18.42%) Burp Suite
15 28 (18.42%) Kali Linux
15 28 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
16 27 (17.76%) API Testing
16 27 (17.76%) Azure
17 25 (16.45%) Selenium
18 24 (15.79%) Software Testing
19 23 (15.13%) CREST Certified
20 22 (14.47%) Java
21 20 (13.16%) QA

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (5.92%) Apache
2 5 (3.29%) Confluence
3 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.76%) Azure
2 11 (7.24%) AWS
3 9 (5.92%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (4.61%) GCP
4 7 (4.61%) GitHub
5 6 (3.95%) SaaS
6 5 (3.29%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.32%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (19.08%) Network Security
2 14 (9.21%) Firewall
3 8 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (3.95%) Wireless
5 3 (1.97%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.66%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) Power BI
2 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
2 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (20.39%) Metasploit
2 28 (18.42%) Burp Suite
3 25 (16.45%) Selenium
4 18 (11.84%) Cucumber
4 18 (11.84%) JIRA
5 14 (9.21%) REST Assured
6 12 (7.89%) SpecFlow
7 11 (7.24%) TestNG
7 11 (7.24%) WebDriver
8 10 (6.58%) JUnit
9 9 (5.92%) Jenkins
10 8 (5.26%) JMeter
11 7 (4.61%) SoapUI
12 6 (3.95%) Git
12 6 (3.95%) LoadRunner
13 5 (3.29%) Cypress.io
13 5 (3.29%) Gatling
14 4 (2.63%) Appium
15 2 (1.32%) Bitbucket
15 2 (1.32%) NeoLoad
General
1 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 32 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.16%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.21%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (7.89%) Law
6 6 (3.95%) Marketing
7 4 (2.63%) Retail
8 3 (1.97%) Billing
8 3 (1.97%) Finance
8 3 (1.97%) Legal
9 2 (1.32%) Front Office
9 2 (1.32%) Games
9 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.32%) Social Housing
9 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.66%) Banking
10 1 (0.66%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.24%) REST
2 10 (6.58%) WireMock
3 9 (5.92%) Apache Commons
3 9 (5.92%) Guava
3 9 (5.92%) Java Concurrency
4 8 (5.26%) Playwright
4 8 (5.26%) RESTful
5 5 (3.29%) .NET
6 4 (2.63%) CSS
6 4 (2.63%) HTML
7 3 (1.97%) JSON
7 3 (1.97%) SOAP
7 3 (1.97%) Web Services
8 2 (1.32%) React
9 1 (0.66%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.66%) Celery
9 1 (0.66%) Gherkin
9 1 (0.66%) Kafka
9 1 (0.66%) Swagger
9 1 (0.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.55%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.29%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.97%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.97%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.66%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.66%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.66%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.66%) STB
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.39%) Linux
2 28 (18.42%) Kali Linux
3 10 (6.58%) Android
3 10 (6.58%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.97%) Windows
5 1 (0.66%) Debian
5 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (50.66%) Penetration Testing
2 63 (41.45%) Cybersecurity
3 55 (36.18%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (27.63%) Test Automation
5 40 (26.32%) Red Team
6 39 (25.66%) Security Testing
7 38 (25.00%) Information Security
8 34 (22.37%) Application Security
9 32 (21.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 31 (20.39%) Agile
10 31 (20.39%) Critical Thinking
11 30 (19.74%) Computer Science
12 28 (18.42%) Malware Analysis
12 28 (18.42%) Reverse Engineering
13 27 (17.76%) API Testing
14 24 (15.79%) Software Testing
15 14 (9.21%) BDD
15 14 (9.21%) CI/CD
16 13 (8.55%) DevOps
16 13 (8.55%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.47%) Java
2 17 (11.18%) C#
3 11 (7.24%) Python
4 10 (6.58%) JavaScript
4 10 (6.58%) SQL
5 3 (1.97%) Bash
6 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.66%) Ruby
7 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (24.34%) Degree
2 28 (18.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (15.13%) CREST Certified
4 17 (11.18%) OSCP
5 16 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.53%) Security Cleared
6 7 (4.61%) CEH
6 7 (4.61%) CHECK Team Leader
6 7 (4.61%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (3.95%) CHECK Team Member
7 6 (3.95%) GIAC
7 6 (3.95%) GPEN
7 6 (3.95%) PCI QSA
7 6 (3.95%) Tigerscheme
8 5 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.29%) ISEB
9 4 (2.63%) CCSAM
9 4 (2.63%) CISSP
10 3 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.97%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.16%) QA
2 14 (9.21%) PCI DSS
3 9 (5.92%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.92%) NIST
4 6 (3.95%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (3.95%) GRC
5 3 (1.97%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.97%) GDPR
5 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (7.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (1.97%) Nessus
4 2 (1.32%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.66%) Ansible
5 1 (0.66%) Consul
5 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.63%) Google
3 3 (1.97%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.32%) Aderant
4 2 (1.32%) iManage
4 2 (1.32%) Intapp
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle
4 2 (1.32%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.66%) Databricks
5 1 (0.66%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.66%) Murex
5 1 (0.66%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.66%) Salesforce