Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 256 361
Rank change year-on-year -267 +105 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 257 809 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 1.38% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 1.54% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 177 242 436
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,300 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +3.66%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +2.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the UK excluding London

Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Tester in the UK excluding London

Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the UK excluding London

Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South East -36 67 £45,500 -9.00% 17
North of England -146 59 £42,500 -12.82% 23
North West -126 37 £42,500 -5.56% 11
Scotland -87 34 £40,000 +6.67% 9
Midlands -145 33 £45,000 +9.09% 12
South West -44 32 £39,347 -1.63% 7
West Midlands -103 22 £45,000 - 9
Yorkshire 0 21 £40,000 -20.00% 11
East of England -37 20 £27,500 -35.29% 13
Wales +17 12 £42,500 +6.25% 1
East Midlands -36 11 £46,000 +40.46% 4
North East -11 1 - - 1
Tester
UK

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 147 (57.20%) Test Automation
2 128 (49.81%) Software Testing
3 92 (35.80%) QA
4 87 (33.85%) Agile
5 69 (26.85%) Selenium
6 65 (25.29%) Social Skills
7 50 (19.46%) Java
8 45 (17.51%) Test Scripting
9 44 (17.12%) Security Cleared
10 42 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
10 42 (16.34%) JavaScript
10 42 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (14.40%) Degree
12 36 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
12 36 (14.01%) CI/CD
13 35 (13.62%) Mentoring
13 35 (13.62%) C#
13 35 (13.62%) Python
14 34 (13.23%) Regression Testing
14 34 (13.23%) Penetration Testing
14 34 (13.23%) Cucumber
15 32 (12.45%) Computer Science
16 31 (12.06%) Coaching
17 29 (11.28%) API Testing
17 29 (11.28%) Scrum
18 28 (10.89%) OSCP
18 28 (10.89%) Collaborative Working
19 27 (10.51%) Test Strategy
20 26 (10.12%) Code Quality
21 25 (9.73%) Test Assurance

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (3.89%) Apache
2 4 (1.56%) Confluence
3 2 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.78%) Azure
2 18 (7.00%) SaaS
3 11 (4.28%) AWS
4 8 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.33%) GitHub
6 1 (0.39%) ClickUp
6 1 (0.39%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.33%) Wireless
2 5 (1.95%) Internet
3 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.17%) 5G
4 3 (1.17%) HTTP
4 3 (1.17%) Wireless Security
5 2 (0.78%) 4G
5 2 (0.78%) Firewall
6 1 (0.39%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.39%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.39%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (26.85%) Selenium
2 34 (13.23%) Cucumber
3 22 (8.56%) JIRA
4 17 (6.61%) WebDriver
5 15 (5.84%) REST Assured
5 15 (5.84%) TestNG
6 14 (5.45%) JUnit
6 14 (5.45%) Postman
7 11 (4.28%) Appium
8 9 (3.50%) JMeter
8 9 (3.50%) SoapUI
9 8 (3.11%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.11%) Git
9 8 (3.11%) Jenkins
10 7 (2.72%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.72%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.95%) Burp Suite
11 5 (1.95%) Metasploit
12 4 (1.56%) eggPlant
12 4 (1.56%) Protractor
General
1 65 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.95%) Aerospace
4 19 (7.39%) Retail
5 16 (6.23%) Finance
6 15 (5.84%) Legal
7 10 (3.89%) Law
8 9 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.33%) Games
10 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Automotive
11 5 (1.95%) Banking
11 5 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.17%) Marketing
12 3 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.78%) Back Office
13 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.39%) .NET
2 14 (5.45%) REST
3 12 (4.67%) Web Services
4 11 (4.28%) WireMock
5 10 (3.89%) Apache Commons
5 10 (3.89%) Guava
5 10 (3.89%) Java Concurrency
6 8 (3.11%) SOAP
7 7 (2.72%) Gherkin
7 7 (2.72%) RESTful
8 5 (1.95%) Playwright
8 5 (1.95%) Spring
8 5 (1.95%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.17%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.78%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.39%) ADO
11 1 (0.39%) JSON
11 1 (0.39%) Swagger
11 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.39%) Mobile App
2 15 (5.84%) Security Posture
3 13 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.50%) IoT
5 8 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.33%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.95%) FMCG
8 4 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.78%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.78%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.39%) Blog
11 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.11%) Android
1 8 (3.11%) Apple iOS
1 8 (3.11%) Windows
2 5 (1.95%) Kali Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (57.20%) Test Automation
2 128 (49.81%) Software Testing
3 87 (33.85%) Agile
4 45 (17.51%) Test Scripting
5 42 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (14.01%) CI/CD
6 36 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (13.62%) Mentoring
8 34 (13.23%) Penetration Testing
8 34 (13.23%) Regression Testing
9 32 (12.45%) Computer Science
10 31 (12.06%) Coaching
11 29 (11.28%) API Testing
11 29 (11.28%) Scrum
12 28 (10.89%) Collaborative Working
13 27 (10.51%) Test Strategy
14 26 (10.12%) Code Quality
15 25 (9.73%) SDLC
15 25 (9.73%) Technical Analysis
15 25 (9.73%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 50 (19.46%) Java
2 42 (16.34%) JavaScript
3 35 (13.62%) C#
3 35 (13.62%) Python
4 18 (7.00%) SQL
5 4 (1.56%) Bash
6 2 (0.78%) C
6 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.78%) Ruby
7 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.39%) VB
7 1 (0.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.40%) Degree
3 28 (10.89%) OSCP
4 23 (8.95%) DV Cleared
5 20 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (6.61%) SC Cleared
7 16 (6.23%) ISTQB
8 12 (4.67%) CHECK Team Member
9 9 (3.50%) CHECK Team Leader
9 9 (3.50%) CREST Certified
10 7 (2.72%) ISEB
11 3 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.17%) OSCE
12 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.78%) HND
13 1 (0.39%) CCSAS
13 1 (0.39%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (35.80%) QA
2 8 (3.11%) GRC
3 6 (2.33%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.78%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.78%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (4.67%) Docker
2 11 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.95%) Nmap
3 3 (1.17%) Nessus
4 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (9.34%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.33%) Oracle
3 3 (1.17%) Qualys
4 2 (0.78%) Dynatrace
4 2 (0.78%) Jaspersoft
5 1 (0.39%) HP