ETL Tester Job Trends

ETL Tester
UK

The median ETL Tester salary in the UK is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 780 738
Rank change year-on-year +111 -42 +433
Permanent jobs requiring an ETL Tester 1 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.003% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - £73,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £73,750 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £77,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.23% +63.16% -13.64%
75th Percentile £46,000 £81,250 £48,750
90th Percentile - £82,000 £49,125
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 44,636 70,717 55,751
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.74% 95.32% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 25,770 40,992 43,196
10th Percentile £28,244 £31,000 £32,435
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,897 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.50% -4.76% -

ETL Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'ETL Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ETL Tester job vacancy trend in the UK

ETL Tester
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for ETL Tester job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for ETL Tester job vacancies in the UK

ETL Tester
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ETL Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 4 October 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
England +114 1 £44,000 -43.23% 1
London +70 1 £44,000 -43.23%
Work from Home +64 1 £44,000 -43.23%

ETL Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, ETL Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring ETL Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

ETL Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared