Senior Tester Jobs in England

Senior Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Tester salary in England is £60,000 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 802 829 1037
Rank change year-on-year +27 +208 -230
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 63 72 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.086% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.094% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45 57 103
10th Percentile £41,750 £44,750 £37,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% +6.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £91,250 £68,125
90th Percentile £79,500 £121,750 £79,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% +6.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in England

Senior Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Tester in England

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Tester in England

Senior Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +104 38 £70,000 -10.83% 3
North of England +40 9 £42,500 -2.86% 2
North West +1 7 £42,500 -2.86% 2
Midlands -11 7 £51,250 -26.79% 3
West Midlands -13 4 £45,000 -35.71% 3
South East -13 3 £60,000 -11.11% 2
East Midlands -17 3 £57,500 +27.78%
South West -25 3 £44,674 -0.73%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Senior Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 27 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
2 21 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 20 (31.75%) Test Automation
4 16 (25.40%) SC Cleared
4 16 (25.40%) Security Cleared
4 16 (25.40%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (25.40%) CHECK Team Leader
5 14 (22.22%) Agile
6 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
7 11 (17.46%) QA
7 11 (17.46%) Security Testing
8 10 (15.87%) OSCP
8 10 (15.87%) Mobile App
8 10 (15.87%) Selenium
8 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.29%) SpecFlow
9 9 (14.29%) OWASP
10 8 (12.70%) DV Cleared
10 8 (12.70%) Azure
10 8 (12.70%) API Testing
10 8 (12.70%) Wireless
10 8 (12.70%) Scrum
10 8 (12.70%) Red Team
10 8 (12.70%) Social Skills
11 7 (11.11%) Application Security
11 7 (11.11%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (11.11%) Information Security
11 7 (11.11%) C#

Senior Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (12.70%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) SaaS
3 4 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) Wireless
2 6 (9.52%) Firewall
3 1 (1.59%) Network Security
3 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Selenium
2 9 (14.29%) SpecFlow
3 7 (11.11%) JIRA
4 5 (7.94%) Postman
5 4 (6.35%) Appium
5 4 (6.35%) Cucumber
5 4 (6.35%) Cypress.io
5 4 (6.35%) JMeter
6 3 (4.76%) TeamCity
6 3 (4.76%) WebDriver
7 2 (3.17%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.59%) Burp Suite
8 1 (1.59%) JUnit
8 1 (1.59%) Metasploit
8 1 (1.59%) TestNG
General
1 8 (12.70%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.11%) Marketing
3 6 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Law
4 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) Retail
5 1 (1.59%) Banking
5 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) SOAP
2 4 (6.35%) Gherkin
2 4 (6.35%) Playwright
2 4 (6.35%) RESTful
3 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET
3 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.87%) Mobile App
2 6 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.35%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (6.35%) Cyberattack
3 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (31.75%) Test Automation
3 16 (25.40%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (22.22%) Agile
5 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
6 11 (17.46%) Security Testing
7 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 9 (14.29%) OWASP
9 8 (12.70%) API Testing
9 8 (12.70%) Red Team
9 8 (12.70%) Scrum
10 7 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (11.11%) Application Security
10 7 (11.11%) DevOps
10 7 (11.11%) Information Security
10 7 (11.11%) Test Management
10 7 (11.11%) Test Strategy
11 6 (9.52%) Data Privacy
11 6 (9.52%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) C#
2 4 (6.35%) Ruby
2 4 (6.35%) SQL
3 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 16 (25.40%) CHECK Team Leader
2 16 (25.40%) SC Cleared
2 16 (25.40%) Security Cleared
3 10 (15.87%) OSCP
4 8 (12.70%) DV Cleared
5 7 (11.11%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (9.52%) Cyber Scheme
6 6 (9.52%) PCI QSA
6 6 (9.52%) Tigerscheme
7 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (6.35%) CCSAM
7 4 (6.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.59%) CCNA
8 1 (1.59%) CCNP
8 1 (1.59%) CEH
8 1 (1.59%) CISA
8 1 (1.59%) CISM
8 1 (1.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) QA
2 6 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (9.52%) GRC
2 6 (9.52%) NIST
2 6 (9.52%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.59%) Nessus
2 1 (1.59%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.59%) Murex
2 1 (1.59%) Qualys
2 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow