Tester Jobs in Yorkshire

Tester
England > Yorkshire

The median Tester salary in Yorkshire is £38,387 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 203 198
Rank change year-on-year +61 -5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 5 20 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.19% 0.35% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.36% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 26
10th Percentile £29,050 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,875 £27,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,387 £38,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -22.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £44,420 £47,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £47,768 - £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,516 5,488 7,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 95.28% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 4,235 3,548
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £49,136 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -10.47% +9.76%
75th Percentile £69,938 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,125 £80,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in Yorkshire

Tester
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South Yorkshire +49 3 £35,000 -22.22% 2
West Yorkshire +45 1 - - 2
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) QA
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Healthcare
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Smoke Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus