Tester Jobs in Bristol

Tester
South West > Bristol

The median Tester salary in Bristol is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 131 147
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 25 29 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.75% 1.16% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.25% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 48
10th Percentile - £38,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +18.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,625 £57,125
90th Percentile - £75,000 £61,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,237 2,313 3,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.12% 92.59% 97.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,409 1,458 2,178
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,781 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,905 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +8.59% +12.26%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,550 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Bristol

Tester
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Tester in Bristol

Tester
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 across the Bristol region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 18 (72.00%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (60.00%) Degree
2 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 14 (56.00%) Computer Science
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Analysis
4 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (44.00%) CHECK Team Member
5 11 (44.00%) OSCP
6 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (24.00%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (24.00%) Red Team
6 6 (24.00%) Security Posture
7 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
8 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (16.00%) Mobile App
8 4 (16.00%) Offensive Security
9 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
9 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
10 2 (8.00%) Android
10 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
10 2 (8.00%) Cyberattack
10 2 (8.00%) Law
10 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
1 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (16.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Android
1 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Unix
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 14 (56.00%) Computer Science
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Analysis
4 13 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Red Team
5 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (16.00%) Offensive Security
8 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (4.00%) Load Testing
9 1 (4.00%) Performance Testing
9 1 (4.00%) Regression Testing
9 1 (4.00%) Security Testing
9 1 (4.00%) System Testing
9 1 (4.00%) Test Management
9 1 (4.00%) Test Scripting
9 1 (4.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Bash
1 1 (4.00%) C#
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Degree
2 11 (44.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 11 (44.00%) OSCP
3 6 (24.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
5 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Nmap