Functional Tester Jobs

Functional Tester
UK

As of 18 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Functional Tester salary in the UK.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 727 882 954
Rank change year-on-year +155 +72 +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Tester 2 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.001% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.001% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £41,500
25th Percentile - - £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.71%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £44,000
% change year-on-year - - -32.31%

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 50,837 94,491 90,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 94.69% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 27,317 67,546 57,366
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Functional Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Tester in the UK

Functional Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Functional Tester in the UK

Functional Tester
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +131 2 - - 1
London +115 2 - -

Functional Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Functional 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 featuring Functional Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SFIA

Functional Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Context-Driven Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center