Developer in Test
UK

The median Developer in Test salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 869 847 975
Rank change year-on-year -22 +128 -243
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer in Test 14 112 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.12% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 63 122
10th Percentile £41,250 £26,000 £45,075
25th Percentile £45,625 £42,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £94,250 £114,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £29,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +72.41% -55.38% +14.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,483 90,798 154,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,539 57,358 84,412
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Developer in Test
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Test in the UK

Developer in Test
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Test.

Salary trend for Developer in Test in the UK

Developer in Test
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Test over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Test in the UK

Developer in Test
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer in Test within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +8 13 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Work from Home +26 11 £50,000 -25.93% 1
UK excluding London -27 11 £50,000 +72.41% 2
South East +4 9 £50,000 - 1
London +43 4 £42,500 -41.38%
North of England +45 1 £42,500 -
South West -23 1 £67,500 +50.00% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £42,500 -

Developer in Test Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Developer in Test 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 featuring Developer in Test in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 14 (100.00%) SDET
2 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 8 (57.14%) QA
3 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
4 7 (50.00%) JIRA
4 7 (50.00%) Test Management
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (50.00%) Web Services
4 7 (50.00%) GitHub
4 7 (50.00%) Jenkins
4 7 (50.00%) DevOps
5 6 (42.86%) TypeScript
5 6 (42.86%) Playwright
5 6 (42.86%) Cypress.io
5 6 (42.86%) Azure
5 6 (42.86%) Cucumber
6 5 (35.71%) BDD
6 5 (35.71%) RESTful
6 5 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (35.71%) Selenium
6 5 (35.71%) Git
6 5 (35.71%) Agile
6 5 (35.71%) Bugzilla
6 5 (35.71%) Client/Server
6 5 (35.71%) HP
6 5 (35.71%) Java
6 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
6 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (35.71%) Zephyr

Developer in Test Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (7.14%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) GitHub
2 6 (42.86%) Azure
3 5 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) AWS
5 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 2 (14.29%) SaaS
6 1 (7.14%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 7 (50.00%) JIRA
2 6 (42.86%) Cucumber
2 6 (42.86%) Cypress.io
3 5 (35.71%) Bugzilla
3 5 (35.71%) Git
3 5 (35.71%) Selenium
3 5 (35.71%) Zephyr
4 3 (21.43%) REST Assured
5 2 (14.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (14.29%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (14.29%) JMeter
5 2 (14.29%) JUnit
5 2 (14.29%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
5 2 (14.29%) SpecFlow
5 2 (14.29%) TestNG
5 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
6 1 (7.14%) Appium
6 1 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Web Services
2 6 (42.86%) Playwright
3 5 (35.71%) RESTful
4 3 (21.43%) REST
5 2 (14.29%) SOAP
6 1 (7.14%) Apache Commons
6 1 (7.14%) Celery
6 1 (7.14%) Gherkin
6 1 (7.14%) Guava
6 1 (7.14%) Java Concurrency
6 1 (7.14%) JSON
6 1 (7.14%) Kafka
6 1 (7.14%) React
6 1 (7.14%) Spring
6 1 (7.14%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Client/Server
1 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) SDET
1 14 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 7 (50.00%) DevOps
3 7 (50.00%) Test Management
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
4 5 (35.71%) BDD
4 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
5 4 (28.57%) Scrum
6 3 (21.43%) Code Quality
6 3 (21.43%) Microservices
6 3 (21.43%) SDLC
6 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
7 2 (14.29%) API Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) Clean Code
7 2 (14.29%) Information Security
7 2 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Software Licensing
8 1 (7.14%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 6 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 5 (35.71%) Java
4 4 (28.57%) Python
5 3 (21.43%) C#
6 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
6 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) HP
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle