Tester
UK

The median Tester salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 602 503 334
Rank change year-on-year -99 -169 +184
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 116 472 897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.43% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.45% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67 343 402
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £78,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +11.76%

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 50,503 105,185 83,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 94.80% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 26,655 74,217 54,495
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £38,603 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.78%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the UK

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Tester in the UK

Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in the UK

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 Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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 -100 93 £45,500 -13.33% 963
Work from Home -21 68 £47,500 -5.00% 530
UK excluding London -36 61 £43,750 -2.78% 808
London -5 35 £48,750 -25.00% 257
Midlands +78 27 £42,500 -5.56% 137
West Midlands +75 26 £42,500 -5.56% 72
North of England +5 11 £52,500 +16.67% 210
South East +37 8 £36,750 -19.23% 210
South West +74 7 £42,500 -5.56% 86
North West -24 6 £55,000 +24.65% 113
Scotland +71 5 £50,000 +11.11% 39
Yorkshire +54 4 £35,000 -22.22% 80
Northern Ireland +39 3 - - 21
North East +47 1 - - 17
East Midlands +39 1 £47,500 +3.26% 65

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 51 (43.97%) Test Automation
2 41 (35.34%) Agile
3 39 (33.62%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (31.03%) Software Testing
5 34 (29.31%) QA
6 30 (25.86%) JavaScript
7 29 (25.00%) Azure
8 27 (23.28%) Manual Testing
8 27 (23.28%) Telecoms
8 27 (23.28%) Selenium
9 26 (22.41%) SQL
9 26 (22.41%) Social Skills
10 23 (19.83%) Penetration Testing
11 21 (18.10%) Python
11 21 (18.10%) Test Scripting
12 20 (17.24%) API Testing
12 20 (17.24%) Postman
13 19 (16.38%) DevOps
13 19 (16.38%) ISTQB
14 18 (15.52%) Java
14 18 (15.52%) Playwright
15 17 (14.66%) Security Cleared
15 17 (14.66%) Test Strategy
15 17 (14.66%) C#
15 17 (14.66%) Security Testing
16 16 (13.79%) JIRA
16 16 (13.79%) SC Cleared
17 15 (12.93%) Test Management
17 15 (12.93%) Azure DevOps
18 14 (12.07%) CI/CD

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:

Applications
1 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.86%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.00%) Azure
2 15 (12.93%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (11.21%) AWS
4 7 (6.03%) GCP
5 6 (5.17%) SaaS
6 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.59%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.72%) IaaS
8 2 (1.72%) PaaS
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.86%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.86%) GitHub
9 1 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.17%) 3GPP
1 6 (5.17%) 5G
2 3 (2.59%) Network Security
2 3 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.72%) Firewall
3 2 (1.72%) Internet
3 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.03%) MySQL
2 5 (4.31%) Power BI
3 4 (3.45%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.59%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (23.28%) Selenium
2 20 (17.24%) Postman
3 16 (13.79%) JIRA
4 11 (9.48%) Cypress.io
5 10 (8.62%) SoapUI
6 9 (7.76%) Appium
6 9 (7.76%) JMeter
7 7 (6.03%) Burp Suite
8 6 (5.17%) WebDriver
9 5 (4.31%) Git
9 5 (4.31%) LoadRunner
9 5 (4.31%) Metasploit
10 4 (3.45%) Fiddler
10 4 (3.45%) Jenkins
10 4 (3.45%) REST Assured
11 3 (2.59%) Gatling
11 3 (2.59%) Mocha
11 3 (2.59%) Protractor
11 3 (2.59%) TestRail
12 2 (1.72%) Cucumber
General
1 27 (23.28%) Telecoms
2 26 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.07%) Finance
4 12 (10.34%) Law
5 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.45%) Cantonese Language
7 4 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.45%) Legal
7 4 (3.45%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (2.59%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.72%) Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
9 2 (1.72%) Games
9 2 (1.72%) Marketing
10 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.86%) Military
10 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.86%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.86%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.52%) Playwright
2 8 (6.90%) .NET
2 8 (6.90%) CSS
2 8 (6.90%) HTML
3 4 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.45%) JSON
3 4 (3.45%) REST
4 3 (2.59%) JWT
4 3 (2.59%) OAuth
4 3 (2.59%) SOAP
4 3 (2.59%) Web Services
4 3 (2.59%) XML
5 2 (1.72%) CakePHP
5 2 (1.72%) Kafka
5 2 (1.72%) LAMP
5 2 (1.72%) Laravel
5 2 (1.72%) Node.js
5 2 (1.72%) pytest
5 2 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.48%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.59%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.72%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.72%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.86%) IoT
5 1 (0.86%) NHS
5 1 (0.86%) SCADA
5 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.03%) Android
1 7 (6.03%) Apple iOS
1 7 (6.03%) Linux
2 6 (5.17%) Windows
3 1 (0.86%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.97%) Test Automation
2 41 (35.34%) Agile
3 39 (33.62%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (31.03%) Software Testing
5 27 (23.28%) Manual Testing
6 23 (19.83%) Penetration Testing
7 21 (18.10%) Test Scripting
8 20 (17.24%) API Testing
9 19 (16.38%) DevOps
10 17 (14.66%) Security Testing
10 17 (14.66%) Test Strategy
11 15 (12.93%) Test Management
12 14 (12.07%) CI/CD
13 12 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (9.48%) Code Quality
14 11 (9.48%) Functional Testing
14 11 (9.48%) Non-Functional Testing
14 11 (9.48%) SDLC
15 10 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
16 9 (7.76%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.86%) JavaScript
2 26 (22.41%) SQL
3 21 (18.10%) Python
4 18 (15.52%) Java
5 17 (14.66%) C#
6 11 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.45%) Bash
7 4 (3.45%) PHP
8 3 (2.59%) Ruby
9 2 (1.72%) Go
10 1 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (16.38%) ISTQB
2 17 (14.66%) Security Cleared
3 16 (13.79%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 6 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (5.17%) CREST Certified
6 5 (4.31%) CHECK Team Leader
6 5 (4.31%) Degree
6 5 (4.31%) OSCP
7 4 (3.45%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.72%) CCNA
9 2 (1.72%) CCNP
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.72%) ISEB
9 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.86%) CCSAS
10 1 (0.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (29.31%) QA
2 8 (6.90%) NCSC
3 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.31%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.59%) GDPR
5 3 (2.59%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.59%) WCAG
6 2 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.86%) MiFID
7 1 (0.86%) NIST
7 1 (0.86%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (2.59%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.17%) Nessus
2 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.72%) Nmap
4 1 (0.86%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (5.17%) Oracle
2 5 (4.31%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.72%) Cisco
3 2 (1.72%) F5
3 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
3 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.72%) Splunk
4 1 (0.86%) Google
4 1 (0.86%) HP
4 1 (0.86%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.86%) Siebel
4 1 (0.86%) UiPath