Tester Jobs in Hampshire

Tester
South East > Hampshire

The median Tester salary in Hampshire is £50,000 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 164 155 219
Rank change year-on-year -9 +64 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 33 10 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.76% 0.36% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.38% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 29
10th Percentile - £36,250 £29,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,813 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,313 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £58,750
South East median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 4,104 2,619 5,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 94.21% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,192 1,978 3,566
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Hampshire

Tester
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Tester in Hampshire

Tester
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Tester in Hampshire

Tester
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Hampshire 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
Basingstoke - 25 - -
Andover - 3 £65,000 -
Farnborough +1 2 £37,500 -16.67%
Portsmouth - 2 £50,000 -
Southampton - 1 - -
Tester
South East

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

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 Hampshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 30 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 27 (81.82%) Test Scripting
3 26 (78.79%) Agile
3 26 (78.79%) Selenium
4 25 (75.76%) Requirements Analysis
4 25 (75.76%) QA
4 25 (75.76%) Security Cleared
4 25 (75.76%) Mentoring
4 25 (75.76%) Coaching
4 25 (75.76%) Technical Analysis
4 25 (75.76%) Test Assurance
5 24 (72.73%) DV Cleared
6 23 (69.70%) Collaborative Working
6 23 (69.70%) Aerospace
7 21 (63.64%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
8 5 (15.15%) SQL
8 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
9 3 (9.09%) Java
9 3 (9.09%) JIRA
9 3 (9.09%) Performance Testing
9 3 (9.09%) Web Services
9 3 (9.09%) RESTful
9 3 (9.09%) Cypress.io
9 3 (9.09%) Azure
9 3 (9.09%) SaaS
9 3 (9.09%) GitHub
9 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
9 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills

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

Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) GitHub
1 3 (9.09%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 26 (78.79%) Selenium
2 3 (9.09%) Cypress.io
2 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
3 2 (6.06%) JMeter
3 2 (6.06%) LoadRunner
3 2 (6.06%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.03%) JUnit
4 1 (3.03%) Maven
4 1 (3.03%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (3.03%) SoapUI
4 1 (3.03%) TestNG
General
1 23 (69.70%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) RESTful
1 3 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (3.03%) ADO
2 1 (3.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 27 (81.82%) Test Scripting
3 26 (78.79%) Agile
4 25 (75.76%) Coaching
4 25 (75.76%) Mentoring
4 25 (75.76%) Requirements Analysis
4 25 (75.76%) Technical Analysis
4 25 (75.76%) Test Assurance
5 23 (69.70%) Collaborative Working
6 21 (63.64%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
8 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 3 (9.09%) Performance Testing
9 2 (6.06%) Acceptance Criteria
9 2 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (6.06%) DevOps
9 2 (6.06%) Inventory Management
9 2 (6.06%) Performance Measurement
9 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.06%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) JavaScript
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) Java
3 2 (6.06%) C
3 2 (6.06%) C#
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) VB
4 1 (3.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (75.76%) Security Cleared
2 24 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (75.76%) QA
2 2 (6.06%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Dynatrace
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle