Senior Tester Jobs

Senior Tester
UK

The median Senior Tester salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 873 1114
Rank change year-on-year +22 +241 -274
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 71 72 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.077% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.085% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 47 57 117
10th Percentile £42,000 £44,750 £38,703
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% +6.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £91,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £121,750 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Tester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Tester in the UK

Senior Tester
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +21 63 £60,000 -20.00% 11
Work from Home +64 45 £60,000 -31.43% 7
London +58 37 £70,000 -15.66% 3
UK excluding London -54 29 £50,000 -16.67% 5
North of England +33 10 £42,500 -2.86% 2
North West -2 8 £42,500 -2.86% 2
Midlands -29 7 £51,250 -26.79% 2
West Midlands -9 4 £45,000 -35.71% 2
South East -13 3 £60,000 -11.11%
South West -28 3 £44,674 -0.73%
East Midlands -32 3 £57,500 +27.78%
Scotland - 3 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +17 1 - -

Senior Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 27 (38.03%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
3 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 21 (29.58%) CREST Certified
4 20 (28.17%) CHECK Team Leader
4 20 (28.17%) Test Automation
5 16 (22.54%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (21.13%) Agile
7 13 (18.31%) Software Testing
7 13 (18.31%) Security Testing
8 12 (16.90%) DV Cleared
8 12 (16.90%) QA
8 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.08%) Mobile App
9 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
9 10 (14.08%) Selenium
9 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 10 (14.08%) SpecFlow
9 10 (14.08%) OSCP
10 9 (12.68%) API Testing
10 9 (12.68%) OWASP
10 9 (12.68%) Information Security
10 9 (12.68%) Scrum
11 8 (11.27%) Wireless
11 8 (11.27%) C#
11 8 (11.27%) Red Team
12 7 (9.86%) Application Security
12 7 (9.86%) CHECK Team Member
12 7 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
12 7 (9.86%) Azure

Senior Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (9.86%) Azure
2 6 (8.45%) SaaS
3 4 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) Wireless
2 6 (8.45%) Firewall
3 1 (1.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (14.08%) Selenium
1 10 (14.08%) SpecFlow
2 6 (8.45%) JIRA
2 6 (8.45%) JMeter
3 5 (7.04%) Postman
4 4 (5.63%) TeamCity
4 4 (5.63%) WebDriver
5 3 (4.23%) Appium
5 3 (4.23%) Cucumber
5 3 (4.23%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.82%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.41%) Burp Suite
7 1 (1.41%) JUnit
7 1 (1.41%) Metasploit
7 1 (1.41%) TestNG
General
1 10 (14.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.86%) Marketing
3 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Law
5 4 (5.63%) Retail
6 1 (1.41%) Banking
6 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) Gherkin
1 5 (7.04%) SOAP
2 4 (5.63%) Playwright
3 3 (4.23%) RESTful
4 2 (2.82%) .NET
4 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.08%) Mobile App
2 6 (8.45%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.63%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (5.63%) Cyberattack
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (28.17%) Test Automation
3 16 (22.54%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (21.13%) Agile
5 13 (18.31%) Security Testing
5 13 (18.31%) Software Testing
6 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 9 (12.68%) API Testing
8 9 (12.68%) Information Security
8 9 (12.68%) OWASP
8 9 (12.68%) Scrum
9 8 (11.27%) Red Team
10 7 (9.86%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (9.86%) Application Security
10 7 (9.86%) DevOps
10 7 (9.86%) Test Management
10 7 (9.86%) Test Strategy
11 6 (8.45%) Data Privacy
11 6 (8.45%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) C#
2 5 (7.04%) SQL
3 4 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.23%) Ruby
5 2 (2.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) CREST Certified
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 20 (28.17%) CHECK Team Leader
4 12 (16.90%) DV Cleared
5 10 (14.08%) OSCP
6 7 (9.86%) CHECK Team Member
7 6 (8.45%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (8.45%) ISTQB
7 6 (8.45%) PCI QSA
7 6 (8.45%) Tigerscheme
8 4 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (5.63%) CCSAM
9 2 (2.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.41%) CEH
10 1 (1.41%) CISA
10 1 (1.41%) CISM
10 1 (1.41%) Degree
10 1 (1.41%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.90%) QA
2 6 (8.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (8.45%) GRC
2 6 (8.45%) NIST
2 6 (8.45%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.41%) Nessus
2 1 (1.41%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.41%) Murex
2 1 (1.41%) Qualys
2 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow