Tester Jobs in Sheffield

Tester
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Tester salary in Sheffield is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 79 85
Rank change year-on-year +41 +6 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 2 5 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.72% 0.43% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.45% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £36,500 - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -25.00% -12.73%
75th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £48,500 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -25.00% +41.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 267 1,109 777
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.39% 96.02% 88.50%
Number of salaries quoted 183 887 403
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,250 £78,750 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Sheffield

Tester
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Tester in Sheffield

Tester
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Sheffield over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in Sheffield

Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 29 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 Sheffield region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (50.00%) Tech for Good
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA