Senior Tester Jobs

Senior Tester
UK

The median Senior Tester salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 850 880
Rank change year-on-year +160 +30 +190
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 22 51 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.051% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.054% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 16 41 64
10th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £43,625
25th Percentile £47,313 £47,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -20.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £74,688 £75,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £121,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +20.00%

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 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
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%

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Tester over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +120 16 £67,500 +12.50% 9
Work from Home +102 13 £50,000 -16.67% 8
UK excluding London +178 10 £50,000 - 5
London +76 9 £80,000 +14.29% 5
Scotland +126 4 £50,000 -23.08%
North of England +49 3 £41,774 -1.71% 1
South West +119 2 £67,500 +51.10% 1
Wales +39 1 £48,500 -
North West +9 1 £41,774 -1.71%
Yorkshire - 1 £41,774 - 1
North East - 1 £41,774 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Tester in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
1 10 (45.45%) QA
2 9 (40.91%) C#
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 8 (36.36%) Red Team
3 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
4 7 (31.82%) CREST Certified
4 7 (31.82%) SaaS
4 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
4 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (31.82%) Python
4 7 (31.82%) Agile
5 6 (27.27%) Security Testing
5 6 (27.27%) Java
5 6 (27.27%) CHECK Team Leader
5 6 (27.27%) Mobile App
6 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (22.73%) Cypress.io
6 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
6 5 (22.73%) Wireless
6 5 (22.73%) Software Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
7 4 (18.18%) Selenium
7 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (18.18%) .NET
7 4 (18.18%) Azure
7 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 4 (18.18%) Burp Suite
7 4 (18.18%) Playwright
7 4 (18.18%) Social Skills

Senior 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 7 (31.82%) SaaS
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Wireless
2 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.09%) Firewall
3 2 (9.09%) Internet
3 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Cypress.io
2 4 (18.18%) Burp Suite
2 4 (18.18%) Selenium
3 3 (13.64%) Metasploit
3 3 (13.64%) SoapUI
4 2 (9.09%) Git
4 2 (9.09%) Postman
5 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
5 1 (4.55%) NUnit
5 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
5 1 (4.55%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (4.55%) SpecFlow
5 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Electronics
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
1 4 (18.18%) Playwright
2 3 (13.64%) Web Services
3 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.09%) JSON
3 2 (9.09%) Swagger
3 2 (9.09%) XML
4 1 (4.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 8 (36.36%) Red Team
3 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (31.82%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
4 6 (27.27%) Security Testing
5 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (22.73%) Software Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.64%) Coaching
7 3 (13.64%) Information Security
7 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
7 3 (13.64%) User Experience
7 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (9.09%) API Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) C#
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 6 (27.27%) Java
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 2 (9.09%) Bash
5 2 (9.09%) SQL
6 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) CREST Certified
2 6 (27.27%) CHECK Team Leader
3 3 (13.64%) CHECK Team Member
3 3 (13.64%) OSCP
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) QA
2 3 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) GRC
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Nmap
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) SAP