Tester Jobs in Sheffield

Tester
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Tester salary in Sheffield is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 81 82
Rank change year-on-year +41 +1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.03% 0.36% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.38% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £28,200 - -
25th Percentile £30,750 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -25.00% +41.18%
75th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £47,000 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% -25.00% +50.00%

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 279 1,054 794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 95.82% 88.42%
Number of salaries quoted 190 849 394
10th Percentile £27,850 £27,500 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,754
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.53% -9.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £71,930
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 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in Sheffield

Tester Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 17 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 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting

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 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
3 Tester jobs in South Yorkshire