Junior Tester Job Trends

Junior Tester
UK

The median Junior Tester salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 801 664 756
Rank change year-on-year -137 +92 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Tester 8 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.006% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.007% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £26,125 - £24,850
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -22.62%
75th Percentile £29,313 £37,500 £39,375
90th Percentile £36,625 - £42,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 109,503 44,040 68,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,366 25,685 38,800
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.81% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Tester over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Junior Tester in the UK

Junior Tester
Top 8 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 13 October 2026. 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 -132 8 £27,500 -21.43% 1
UK excluding London -146 4 £27,500 -21.43% 1
London -52 3 £27,500 -23.61%
Work from Home - 3 £35,750 - 1
South East - 2 £29,000 -
South West - 1 £26,000 -
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2026, 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 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) OSCP
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) API Testing
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
3 1 (12.50%) NCSC

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Law
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Agile
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (12.50%) API Testing
2 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
2 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
2 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
2 1 (12.50%) Red Team
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Member
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle