Tester Jobs in the South West

Tester
England > South West

The median Tester salary in the South West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 257 212
Rank change year-on-year +84 -45 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 6 34 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.35% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.36% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 36
10th Percentile £32,500 £22,724 £24,146
25th Percentile £38,438 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,174 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.41% +2.24% -2.94%
75th Percentile £73,750 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £65,625
England median annual salary £47,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.48% - +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,318 9,419 5,898
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.16% 88.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,948 6,904 3,661
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,808 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the South West

Tester
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Tester in the South West

Tester
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in the South West

Tester
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bristol +44 5 £67,500 +50.00% 3
Gloucestershire +71 1 £30,000 - 6
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 South West region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Burp Suite
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Red Team
2 2 (33.33%) Metasploit
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) Nmap
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Burp Suite
1 2 (33.33%) Metasploit
2 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Red Team
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Kanban
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Nmap