Performance Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Performance Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 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 574 751 744
Rank change year-on-year +177 -7 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Tester 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.006% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £52,350
25th Percentile - - £52,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £24,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -56.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile - - £58,125
90th Percentile - - £60,000
UK median annual salary £46,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -33.93% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,103 67,726 52,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.86% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,704 47,866 30,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Performance Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Tester in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Performance Tester in the UK excluding London

Performance Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Midlands +61 1 £45,000 +87.50%
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Performance Tester
UK

Performance Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Performance 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 UK excluding London region featuring Performance Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Pega
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

Performance Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Pega