Tester Jobs in Northern Ireland

Tester
UK > Northern Ireland

As of 30 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Tester salary in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 77 98
Rank change year-on-year +44 +21 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.78% 0.13% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.14% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +75.78%
75th Percentile - - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 223 713 829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.77% 95.58% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 57 350 450
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,688 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,500 £87,500 £70,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Northern Ireland

Tester
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Tester in Northern Ireland

Tester
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 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
County Antrim +40 2 - - 11
Tester
UK

Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 30 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Private Banking

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality