Testing Specialist Jobs

Testing Specialist
UK

The median Testing Specialist salary in the UK is £56,110 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 - 969
Rank change year-on-year - - +257
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Specialist 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £74,750
25th Percentile £53,952 - £78,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,110 - £80,000
75th Percentile £58,268 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 49,007 93,784 92,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,411 67,216 58,370
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,375 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Testing Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Testing Specialist in the UK

Testing Specialist
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Testing Specialist.

Salary trend for Testing Specialist in the UK

Testing Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Testing Specialist 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 Testing Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) White-Box Testing

Testing Specialist 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) White-Box Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA