Senior Tester
UK
The median Senior Tester salary in the UK is £58,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Oct 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 758 | 745 | 1049 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -13 | +304 | -102 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester | 54 | 40 | 126 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.068% | 0.065% | 0.086% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.071% | 0.068% | 0.091% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 35 | 100 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £48,750 | £41,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,625 | £56,250 | £50,938 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,500 | £70,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.43% | +12.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £75,000 | £75,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,000 | £79,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £60,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.33% | +26.32% | -9.52% |
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 | 75,771 | 58,714 | 139,091 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.60% | 95.77% | 95.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40,711 | 42,635 | 79,829 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,092 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £43,750 | £44,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | +5.00% |
Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Tester.
Senior Tester
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Tester over the 6 months to 6 October 2024.
Senior Tester
Top 15 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 6 October 2024. 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 |
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| England | -8 | 47 | £58,500 | -16.43% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 40 | £58,500 | -2.50% | 4 |
| UK excluding London | -19 | 38 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 4 |
| North of England | +14 | 18 | £40,000 | -23.81% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -16 | 14 | £48,750 | -26.42% | 2 |
| Midlands | -34 | 14 | £48,750 | -15.22% | 2 |
| North West | -1 | 13 | £40,000 | -23.81% | 1 |
| London | -3 | 12 | £64,125 | -10.00% | 4 |
| North East | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | +16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wales | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Scotland | -2 | 1 | - | - | |
| South East | -43 | 1 | - | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 October 2024, 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.
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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:
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