Tester Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Tester
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

As of 30 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Tester salary in West Yorkshire.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.17% - 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £28,250
25th Percentile - - £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.09%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £53,750
Yorkshire median annual salary - £29,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -38.95% -11.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,697 1,465 1,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 96.70% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 734 1,443
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £51,498
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% -1.91%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Tester job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Tester
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Tester
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Leeds - 2 - - 9
Tester
Yorkshire

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CISA
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (66.67%) Social Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Speaking
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JWT
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Social Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk