Tester Jobs in the South West

Tester
England > South West

The median Tester salary in the South West is £37,674 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 208 241
Rank change year-on-year -52 +33 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 32 63 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.35% 0.92% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 1.04% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16 37 70
10th Percentile £22,446 £24,146 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,938 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,674 £42,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,922 6,073 7,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.15% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,527 3,760 5,114
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,725 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
Bristol -13 21 £45,000 -13.46% 4
Wiltshire 0 5 £28,875 -23.00% 1
Dorset -15 2 £32,500 -
Gloucestershire -24 2 - - 1
Devon -17 1 £23,141 -4.16% 1
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 West region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 20 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (59.38%) Penetration Testing
3 15 (46.88%) Degree
3 15 (46.88%) Incident Response
3 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (46.88%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 12 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
5 11 (34.38%) Software Testing
5 11 (34.38%) OSCP
6 10 (31.25%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (25.00%) Mobile App
8 7 (21.88%) Security Posture
8 7 (21.88%) Red Team
9 6 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
10 5 (15.63%) Law
10 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
11 4 (12.50%) Android
11 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (12.50%) Apple iOS
11 4 (12.50%) CREST Certified
11 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
12 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 3 (9.38%) QA
12 3 (9.38%) Selenium
12 3 (9.38%) Agile
12 3 (9.38%) Retail
13 2 (6.25%) Cryptography

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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
1 2 (6.25%) Internet
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.25%) Wireless
1 2 (6.25%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Selenium
2 2 (6.25%) Burp Suite
2 2 (6.25%) Metasploit
2 2 (6.25%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.13%) Appium
3 1 (3.13%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
3 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 20 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Law
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 7 (21.88%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Blog
4 1 (3.13%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.13%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Android
1 4 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.25%) Kali Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Unix
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (46.88%) Incident Response
2 15 (46.88%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 12 (37.50%) Risk Analysis
4 11 (34.38%) Software Testing
5 7 (21.88%) Red Team
6 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
6 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
7 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (9.38%) Agile
8 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (6.25%) Cryptography
9 2 (6.25%) E-Commerce
9 2 (6.25%) Performance Testing
9 2 (6.25%) Quality Management
9 2 (6.25%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (6.25%) Test Management
9 2 (6.25%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Bash
1 2 (6.25%) C#
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) Degree
2 11 (34.38%) OSCP
3 10 (31.25%) CHECK Team Member
4 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (12.50%) CREST Certified
5 2 (6.25%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.13%) CCSAS
6 1 (3.13%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Nmap