Tester Jobs in England

Tester
UK > England

The median Tester salary in England is £52,500 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 516 324 492
Rank change year-on-year -192 +168 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 380 863 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 1.03% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.12% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 276 373 636
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,820
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +2.15%
75th Percentile £72,813 £66,250 £61,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

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%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in England

Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Tester in England

Tester
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Tester in England

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 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 +39 153 £70,000 +12.00% 29
North of England -118 67 £45,000 -10.00% 28
South East -52 65 £45,500 -9.00% 12
North West -101 42 £43,750 -2.78% 17
Midlands -113 36 £45,000 +2.86% 17
South West -46 35 £45,000 +9.09% 18
West Midlands -94 25 £45,000 -7.69% 13
Yorkshire +4 24 £45,000 -10.00% 10
East of England -35 21 £27,500 -35.29% 8
East Midlands -39 11 £46,000 +39.39% 5
North East -13 1 - - 1
Tester
UK

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

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 England region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 144 (37.89%) Test Automation
2 120 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
3 114 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 110 (28.95%) Social Skills
5 104 (27.37%) Cybersecurity
6 100 (26.32%) Agile
7 94 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (23.68%) QA
9 84 (22.11%) Selenium
10 76 (20.00%) Degree
11 72 (18.95%) Security Cleared
12 71 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
13 64 (16.84%) Computer Science
14 60 (15.79%) Test Scripting
15 54 (14.21%) Red Team
16 50 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
16 50 (13.16%) Security Testing
16 50 (13.16%) Information Security
17 49 (12.89%) API Testing
18 47 (12.37%) Java
18 47 (12.37%) OSCP
19 46 (12.11%) SC Cleared
19 46 (12.11%) Mentoring
20 42 (11.05%) Azure
21 41 (10.79%) CREST Certified
22 40 (10.53%) Cucumber
23 37 (9.74%) Scrum
23 37 (9.74%) Application Security
24 36 (9.47%) CI/CD
24 36 (9.47%) C#

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.95%) Apache
2 5 (1.32%) Confluence
3 2 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 42 (11.05%) Azure
2 20 (5.26%) AWS
3 16 (4.21%) SaaS
4 11 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.89%) GitHub
5 8 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.84%) GCP
7 4 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.05%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.53%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.26%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.63%) Network Security
2 15 (3.95%) Firewall
3 13 (3.42%) Wireless
4 10 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.05%) HTTP
5 4 (1.05%) Internet
6 3 (0.79%) 5G
6 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.79%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.53%) 4G
7 2 (0.53%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.26%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.26%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.26%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.53%) Power BI
3 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 84 (22.11%) Selenium
2 40 (10.53%) Cucumber
3 36 (9.47%) Metasploit
4 33 (8.68%) Burp Suite
5 32 (8.42%) JIRA
6 25 (6.58%) WebDriver
7 23 (6.05%) REST Assured
8 21 (5.53%) JUnit
9 20 (5.26%) TestNG
10 19 (5.00%) SpecFlow
11 15 (3.95%) Jenkins
11 15 (3.95%) JMeter
12 14 (3.68%) Appium
13 13 (3.42%) SoapUI
14 11 (2.89%) Cypress.io
14 11 (2.89%) Postman
15 8 (2.11%) Git
15 8 (2.11%) LoadRunner
16 5 (1.32%) Gatling
17 4 (1.05%) Protractor
General
1 110 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (6.32%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.05%) Aerospace
5 20 (5.26%) Law
6 19 (5.00%) Finance
6 19 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.47%) Legal
8 16 (4.21%) Retail
9 10 (2.63%) Marketing
10 7 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.58%) Banking
12 5 (1.32%) Automotive
12 5 (1.32%) Games
12 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.79%) Billing
13 3 (0.79%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.53%) Back Office
14 2 (0.53%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.26%) .NET
2 19 (5.00%) REST
3 16 (4.21%) WireMock
4 15 (3.95%) Apache Commons
4 15 (3.95%) Guava
4 15 (3.95%) Java Concurrency
4 15 (3.95%) RESTful
5 9 (2.37%) SOAP
6 8 (2.11%) Gherkin
6 8 (2.11%) Playwright
6 8 (2.11%) Web Services
7 5 (1.32%) CSS
7 5 (1.32%) HTML
8 4 (1.05%) JSON
8 4 (1.05%) Spring
8 4 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.53%) React
9 2 (0.53%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.68%) Mobile App
2 14 (3.68%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.68%) Security Posture
3 11 (2.89%) Client/Server
4 9 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.84%) Cyberattack
6 6 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.58%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.05%) IoT
8 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.53%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.53%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.68%) Kali Linux
2 32 (8.42%) Linux
3 18 (4.74%) Android
3 18 (4.74%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.84%) Windows
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (37.89%) Test Automation
2 120 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
3 114 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 104 (27.37%) Cybersecurity
5 100 (26.32%) Agile
6 94 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (16.84%) Computer Science
8 60 (15.79%) Test Scripting
9 54 (14.21%) Red Team
10 50 (13.16%) Information Security
10 50 (13.16%) Security Testing
11 49 (12.89%) API Testing
12 46 (12.11%) Mentoring
13 37 (9.74%) Application Security
13 37 (9.74%) Scrum
14 36 (9.47%) CI/CD
15 35 (9.21%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 34 (8.95%) Collaborative Working
16 34 (8.95%) Critical Thinking
17 30 (7.89%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.37%) Java
2 36 (9.47%) C#
3 32 (8.42%) JavaScript
4 22 (5.79%) SQL
5 21 (5.53%) Python
6 6 (1.58%) Bash
7 4 (1.05%) Ruby
8 2 (0.53%) C
8 2 (0.53%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) VB
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 76 (20.00%) Degree
2 72 (18.95%) Security Cleared
3 50 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 47 (12.37%) OSCP
5 46 (12.11%) SC Cleared
6 41 (10.79%) CREST Certified
7 31 (8.16%) DV Cleared
8 29 (7.63%) CHECK Team Leader
9 21 (5.53%) CHECK Team Member
10 17 (4.47%) ISTQB
11 10 (2.63%) ISEB
12 9 (2.37%) Cyber Scheme
13 7 (1.84%) CEH
14 6 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.58%) GIAC
14 6 (1.58%) GPEN
14 6 (1.58%) OSCE
14 6 (1.58%) PCI QSA
14 6 (1.58%) Tigerscheme
15 4 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (23.68%) QA
2 14 (3.68%) GRC
2 14 (3.68%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.37%) NIST
4 8 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.05%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.79%) GDPR
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.53%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (3.95%) Docker
2 9 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.84%) Nessus
3 5 (1.32%) Nmap
4 4 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.05%) Google
2 4 (1.05%) Oracle
2 4 (1.05%) Qualys
3 2 (0.53%) Dynatrace
3 2 (0.53%) Jaspersoft
3 2 (0.53%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.26%) Databricks
4 1 (0.26%) HP
4 1 (0.26%) Murex
4 1 (0.26%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.26%) Telerik