Tester Jobs in the North East

Tester
England > North East

The median Tester salary in the North East is £39,637 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 114 105
Rank change year-on-year +49 -9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.43% 0.22% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.23% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £36,724 £36,750 £33,788
25th Percentile £37,434 £39,375 £37,697
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,637 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.55% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £41,608 £54,375 £58,063
90th Percentile £42,179 £56,250 £63,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 642 1,750 1,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 95.63% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 382 1,410 611
10th Percentile £25,009 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,337 £35,920 £36,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year - -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,225 £75,752 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the North East

Tester
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in the North East.

Salary trend for Tester in the North East

Tester
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Durham - 2 £37,500 - 1
Tyne and Wear +42 1 £41,774 -12.05% 1
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 North East region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Git

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) QA