Tester
UK

The median Tester salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 307 492
Rank change year-on-year -201 +185 -138
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 435 1,156 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 1.12% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.22% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 327 434 696
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,438 £36,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £75,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the UK

Tester
Top 17 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 5 May 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
England -191 369 £50,000 -9.09% 102
UK excluding London -263 264 £42,500 -10.53% 73
Work from Home -16 211 £50,000 -9.09% 41
London +14 150 £70,000 +10.24% 35
South East -15 71 £45,500 -9.00% 18
North of England -155 60 £40,000 -20.00% 20
North West -126 36 £42,500 -5.56% 9
Midlands -119 34 £45,000 +1.69% 9
South West -57 33 £37,674 -11.36% 10
Scotland -100 32 £40,000 -5.88% 4
West Midlands -95 23 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Yorkshire -2 20 £38,750 -22.50% 10
East of England -29 20 £27,500 -35.29% 8
Wales +22 12 £42,500 - 3
East Midlands -41 11 £46,000 +40.46% 6
North East -9 4 £47,500 -9.09% 1
Northern Ireland +23 2 £68,750 -5.17% 2

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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.

1 201 (46.21%) Test Automation
2 162 (37.24%) Software Testing
3 136 (31.26%) Penetration Testing
4 133 (30.57%) Social Skills
5 127 (29.20%) Agile
6 117 (26.90%) QA
7 114 (26.21%) Cybersecurity
8 102 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (21.61%) Selenium
10 76 (17.47%) Degree
10 76 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
11 75 (17.24%) Java
12 73 (16.78%) Security Cleared
13 64 (14.71%) Computer Science
14 63 (14.48%) Security Testing
14 63 (14.48%) Test Scripting
15 61 (14.02%) OSCP
16 58 (13.33%) Information Security
17 57 (13.10%) JavaScript
17 57 (13.10%) C#
17 57 (13.10%) Red Team
18 54 (12.41%) API Testing
19 53 (12.18%) Cucumber
20 52 (11.95%) CREST Certified
21 51 (11.72%) Azure
22 50 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
23 49 (11.26%) CI/CD
24 48 (11.03%) SC Cleared
25 45 (10.34%) Python
25 45 (10.34%) Application Security

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.45%) Apache
2 9 (2.07%) Confluence
3 2 (0.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.72%) Azure
2 30 (6.90%) AWS
3 28 (6.44%) SaaS
4 19 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.68%) GitHub
6 13 (2.99%) GCP
7 9 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.15%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.46%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.67%) Network Security
2 17 (3.91%) Firewall
3 14 (3.22%) Wireless
4 8 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.61%) Internet
6 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.92%) HTTP
7 4 (0.92%) Wireless Security
7 4 (0.92%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.69%) 5G
9 2 (0.46%) 4G
10 1 (0.23%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.23%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.23%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.46%) Power BI
4 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 94 (21.61%) Selenium
2 53 (12.18%) Cucumber
3 41 (9.43%) JIRA
4 39 (8.97%) Metasploit
5 36 (8.28%) Burp Suite
6 26 (5.98%) REST Assured
7 24 (5.52%) WebDriver
8 22 (5.06%) TestNG
9 21 (4.83%) Jenkins
10 20 (4.60%) JUnit
10 20 (4.60%) SpecFlow
11 19 (4.37%) JMeter
12 18 (4.14%) Postman
12 18 (4.14%) SoapUI
13 17 (3.91%) Appium
14 16 (3.68%) Cypress.io
15 15 (3.45%) Git
16 11 (2.53%) Bitbucket
17 8 (1.84%) Bitbucket Server
17 8 (1.84%) Serenity BDD
General
1 133 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (7.36%) Retail
4 28 (6.44%) Law
5 26 (5.98%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.60%) Finance
8 19 (4.37%) Aerospace
9 17 (3.91%) Legal
10 14 (3.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.53%) Banking
11 11 (2.53%) Marketing
12 9 (2.07%) Games
13 6 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.15%) Automotive
14 5 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.15%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.52%) .NET
2 22 (5.06%) REST
3 19 (4.37%) Web Services
4 18 (4.14%) RESTful
5 17 (3.91%) WireMock
6 15 (3.45%) Apache Commons
6 15 (3.45%) Guava
6 15 (3.45%) Java Concurrency
7 14 (3.22%) SOAP
8 13 (2.99%) Playwright
9 8 (1.84%) Gherkin
10 6 (1.38%) Spring
10 6 (1.38%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.92%) CSS
11 4 (0.92%) HTML
11 4 (0.92%) JSON
12 3 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 3 (0.69%) React
13 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (0.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.05%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.60%) Security Posture
3 18 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.53%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.61%) IoT
7 6 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.15%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.15%) FMCG
9 4 (0.92%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.69%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.46%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.05%) Kali Linux
2 34 (7.82%) Linux
3 24 (5.52%) Android
3 24 (5.52%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.22%) Windows
5 3 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Debian
6 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (46.21%) Test Automation
2 162 (37.24%) Software Testing
3 136 (31.26%) Penetration Testing
4 127 (29.20%) Agile
5 114 (26.21%) Cybersecurity
6 102 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (14.71%) Computer Science
8 63 (14.48%) Security Testing
8 63 (14.48%) Test Scripting
9 58 (13.33%) Information Security
10 57 (13.10%) Red Team
11 54 (12.41%) API Testing
12 49 (11.26%) CI/CD
13 45 (10.34%) Application Security
13 45 (10.34%) Mentoring
14 43 (9.89%) Regression Testing
14 43 (9.89%) Scrum
15 40 (9.20%) Manual Testing
16 37 (8.51%) DevOps
17 36 (8.28%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (17.24%) Java
2 57 (13.10%) C#
2 57 (13.10%) JavaScript
3 45 (10.34%) Python
4 29 (6.67%) SQL
5 8 (1.84%) Bash
6 5 (1.15%) Go
7 4 (0.92%) Ruby
7 4 (0.92%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.69%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.69%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.46%) C
10 1 (0.23%) Scala
10 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.23%) VB
10 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (17.47%) Degree
2 73 (16.78%) Security Cleared
3 61 (14.02%) OSCP
4 52 (11.95%) CREST Certified
5 50 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (11.03%) SC Cleared
7 31 (7.13%) CHECK Team Member
8 21 (4.83%) DV Cleared
9 20 (4.60%) ISTQB
10 13 (2.99%) Cyber Scheme
11 12 (2.76%) ISEB
12 10 (2.30%) CHECK Team Leader
13 8 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.61%) CEH
14 7 (1.61%) GPEN
15 6 (1.38%) GIAC
15 6 (1.38%) PCI QSA
15 6 (1.38%) Tigerscheme
16 5 (1.15%) CISSP
16 5 (1.15%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (26.90%) QA
2 14 (3.22%) GRC
2 14 (3.22%) PCI DSS
3 13 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.07%) NIST
5 6 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.38%) ISO 9001
5 6 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.69%) GDPR
7 2 (0.46%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.46%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (4.37%) Docker
2 11 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.84%) Nessus
3 7 (1.61%) Nmap
4 4 (0.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Consul
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle
3 4 (0.92%) Google
4 3 (0.69%) Qualys
5 2 (0.46%) Databricks
5 2 (0.46%) Dynatrace
5 2 (0.46%) Jaspersoft
5 2 (0.46%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.46%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.23%) Aderant
6 1 (0.23%) Hitachi
6 1 (0.23%) HP
6 1 (0.23%) iManage
6 1 (0.23%) Intapp
6 1 (0.23%) Murex
6 1 (0.23%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.23%) Trustwave