Tester Jobs in South London

Tester
London > South London

The median Tester salary in South London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 41 131
Rank change year-on-year -40 +90 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 9 61 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 1.02% 7.76% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 8.44% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 12
10th Percentile £63,750 £51,250 £27,600
25th Percentile £67,500 - £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +29.41% -14.94%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £47,063
90th Percentile £73,250 £65,625 £60,825
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 844 723 1,165
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 91.98% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 428 401 720
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,950
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -15.62%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in South London

Tester
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Tester in South London

Tester
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Croydon -9 9 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Tester
London

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 South London region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 9 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 8 (88.89%) Design Patterns
2 8 (88.89%) Containerisation
2 8 (88.89%) REST Assured
2 8 (88.89%) Guava
2 8 (88.89%) WireMock
2 8 (88.89%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (88.89%) BDD
2 8 (88.89%) WebDriver
2 8 (88.89%) REST
2 8 (88.89%) Java Concurrency
2 8 (88.89%) Docker
2 8 (88.89%) Apache Commons
2 8 (88.89%) Kubernetes
2 8 (88.89%) API Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Apache
2 8 (88.89%) TestNG
2 8 (88.89%) JUnit
3 5 (55.56%) Scrum
3 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (44.44%) SDET

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 8 (88.89%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 9 (100.00%) Selenium
2 8 (88.89%) JUnit
2 8 (88.89%) REST Assured
2 8 (88.89%) TestNG
2 8 (88.89%) WebDriver
3 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
3 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket Server
3 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 1 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (11.11%) JMeter
3 1 (11.11%) Serenity BDD
3 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) Apache Commons
1 8 (88.89%) Guava
1 8 (88.89%) Java Concurrency
1 8 (88.89%) REST
1 8 (88.89%) WireMock
2 1 (11.11%) RESTful
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 9 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (88.89%) API Testing
2 8 (88.89%) BDD
2 8 (88.89%) Containerisation
2 8 (88.89%) Design Patterns
2 8 (88.89%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Scrum
3 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Deployment
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (44.44%) SDET
5 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) Kubernetes