Tester Jobs in Merseyside

Tester
North West > Merseyside

The median Tester salary in Merseyside is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 92 98
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 8 10 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.54% 1.02% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.23% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £31,450 - £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +39.53%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £37,500
90th Percentile £73,750 - £38,250
North West median annual salary £43,250 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.89% +5.88% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,399 816 1,113
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 83.18% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 402 690
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,775 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,519
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Merseyside over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Merseyside

Tester
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 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
Liverpool -2 4 £72,500 - 1
Tester
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Merseyside region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (50.00%) Logistics
2 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) TestNG
4 2 (25.00%) Git
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) WebDriver
4 2 (25.00%) Appium
4 2 (25.00%) Cucumber
4 2 (25.00%) SoapUI
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (25.00%) Selenium
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) JUnit
4 2 (25.00%) SOAtest
4 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
4 2 (25.00%) Postman
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving

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

Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Appium
1 2 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (25.00%) Git
1 2 (25.00%) JUnit
1 2 (25.00%) Postman
1 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (25.00%) Selenium
1 2 (25.00%) SoapUI
1 2 (25.00%) SOAtest
1 2 (25.00%) TestNG
1 2 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Logistics
2 4 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA