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The median annual salary for a Tester was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 20 February 2019. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Tester UK |
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6 months to
20 Feb 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
247 |
253 |
263 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+6 |
+10 |
-7 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Tester |
2,151 |
2,406 |
2,302 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.42% |
1.36% |
1.32% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.48% |
1.41% |
1.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,769 |
2,107 |
2,017 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
+6.25% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,750 |
£27,500 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£67,500 |
£63,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£40,000 |
£40,000 |
£36,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
+2.86% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
145,162 |
170,249 |
168,724 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.89% |
96.31% |
96.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
116,125 |
139,388 |
140,213 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+3.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
£27,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+1.19% |
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Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Tester
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Tester.
Tester
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 20 February 2019.
Tester
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 20 February 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
-1 |
1,968 |
£45,000 |
+1.69% |
417 |
| UK excluding London |
+3 |
1,358 |
£40,000 |
- |
325 |
| London |
+25 |
719 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
113 |
| South East |
-1 |
388 |
£40,000 |
-1.23% |
86 |
| North of England |
-19 |
341 |
£38,500 |
-3.75% |
87 |
| Midlands |
+9 |
197 |
£37,500 |
+7.14% |
67 |
| Yorkshire |
-6 |
175 |
£38,500 |
-3.75% |
34 |
| East of England |
+57 |
162 |
£38,000 |
+1.33% |
26 |
| South West |
+15 |
146 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
38 |
| North West |
-47 |
138 |
£37,816 |
-5.46% |
40 |
| East Midlands |
+41 |
113 |
£39,250 |
-1.88% |
20 |
| Scotland |
+64 |
109 |
£40,000 |
- |
14 |
| West Midlands |
-16 |
82 |
£35,000 |
+7.69% |
45 |
| North East |
+26 |
26 |
£42,500 |
+54.55% |
13 |
| Northern Ireland |
-8 |
10 |
£33,750 |
+40.63% |
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| Wales |
+4 |
9 |
£37,500 |
+26.05% |
7 |
Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 20 February 2019, Tester job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Tester in the job title.
Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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