Junior Tester Job Trends

Junior Tester
UK

The median Junior Tester salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 745 719
Rank change year-on-year +88 -26 +378
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Tester 3 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.015% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.016% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - £26,325 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,438 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,250 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -26.22% +17.14%
75th Percentile £37,500 £36,563 £42,375
90th Percentile - £41,625 £45,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £30,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year +15.70% +0.83% -

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 47,105 63,636 50,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 94.54% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29,438 35,640 39,065
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £31,291
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.86% -

Junior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Junior Tester job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Junior Tester job vacancies in the UK

Junior Tester
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 17 November 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 +89 3 £35,000 +15.70% 4
UK excluding London +89 3 £35,000 +15.70% 4
Midlands - 2 £35,000 - 3
Work from Home +88 1 - - 1
South East +33 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £35,000 -

Junior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 November 2025, Junior 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 Junior Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) GRC
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Playwright
3 1 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture

Junior 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle