Tester
UK

The median Tester salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 313 494
Rank change year-on-year -193 +181 -136
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 427 1,135 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 1.12% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.22% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 323 417 706
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,166 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £43,250
% change year-on-year -10.53% +9.83% +1.76%

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the UK

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Tester in the UK

Tester
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the UK

Tester
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -189 362 £50,000 -9.09% 94
UK excluding London -265 255 £42,500 -10.53% 71
Work from Home -9 202 £50,000 -9.09% 46
London +6 151 £70,000 +10.24% 30
South East -29 69 £45,500 -9.00% 14
North of England -146 57 £40,000 -17.95% 20
North West -125 36 £42,500 -5.56% 11
Midlands -135 34 £45,000 +4.65% 13
Scotland -88 32 £40,000 -5.88% 6
South West -50 30 £37,674 -8.67% 10
West Midlands -95 23 £45,000 - 6
Yorkshire -1 20 £38,750 -22.50% 8
East of England -30 20 £27,500 -32.52% 4
Wales +23 12 £42,500 - 2
East Midlands -36 11 £46,000 +40.46% 7
Northern Ireland +23 1 £57,500 -20.69% 4
North East -9 1 - - 1

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 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 featuring Tester in the job title.

1 196 (45.90%) Test Automation
2 160 (37.47%) Software Testing
3 131 (30.68%) Penetration Testing
4 129 (30.21%) Social Skills
5 125 (29.27%) Agile
6 114 (26.70%) QA
7 113 (26.46%) Cybersecurity
8 100 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (21.55%) Selenium
10 76 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
11 75 (17.56%) Degree
12 73 (17.10%) Java
13 71 (16.63%) Security Cleared
14 63 (14.75%) Computer Science
15 62 (14.52%) Security Testing
16 60 (14.05%) Test Scripting
17 59 (13.82%) OSCP
18 57 (13.35%) Information Security
19 56 (13.11%) Red Team
20 54 (12.65%) JavaScript
20 54 (12.65%) C#
21 52 (12.18%) API Testing
22 51 (11.94%) CREST Certified
23 50 (11.71%) Cucumber
24 49 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
25 48 (11.24%) Azure
26 46 (10.77%) SC Cleared
26 46 (10.77%) CI/CD
27 45 (10.54%) Application Security
27 45 (10.54%) Mentoring

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.51%) Apache
2 9 (2.11%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.24%) Azure
2 28 (6.56%) AWS
3 26 (6.09%) SaaS
4 16 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (3.28%) GitHub
6 13 (3.04%) GCP
7 9 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.17%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.47%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.23%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.23%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.79%) Network Security
2 16 (3.75%) Firewall
3 13 (3.04%) Wireless
4 8 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.41%) Internet
6 4 (0.94%) HTTP
6 4 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.94%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.70%) 5G
7 3 (0.70%) Wireless Security
8 2 (0.47%) 4G
9 1 (0.23%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.23%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.23%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.47%) Power BI
4 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.23%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.23%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 92 (21.55%) Selenium
2 50 (11.71%) Cucumber
3 40 (9.37%) JIRA
4 38 (8.90%) Metasploit
5 35 (8.20%) Burp Suite
6 25 (5.85%) REST Assured
7 24 (5.62%) WebDriver
8 22 (5.15%) TestNG
9 20 (4.68%) JUnit
9 20 (4.68%) SpecFlow
10 18 (4.22%) Jenkins
10 18 (4.22%) JMeter
11 17 (3.98%) Appium
11 17 (3.98%) Postman
11 17 (3.98%) SoapUI
12 15 (3.51%) Cypress.io
12 15 (3.51%) Git
13 10 (2.34%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.87%) LoadRunner
15 7 (1.64%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 129 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (7.49%) Retail
4 26 (6.09%) Law
5 25 (5.85%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.92%) Aerospace
7 20 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (4.45%) Finance
9 17 (3.98%) Legal
10 13 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.81%) Marketing
12 11 (2.58%) Banking
13 8 (1.87%) Games
14 6 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.17%) Automotive
15 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.70%) Billing
16 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.39%) .NET
2 21 (4.92%) REST
3 18 (4.22%) Web Services
4 17 (3.98%) RESTful
4 17 (3.98%) WireMock
5 15 (3.51%) Apache Commons
5 15 (3.51%) Guava
5 15 (3.51%) Java Concurrency
6 13 (3.04%) SOAP
7 12 (2.81%) Playwright
8 8 (1.87%) Gherkin
9 5 (1.17%) Spring
9 5 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 4 (0.94%) CSS
10 4 (0.94%) HTML
10 4 (0.94%) JSON
11 3 (0.70%) AngularJS
12 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.47%) React
12 2 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.73%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.68%) Security Posture
3 18 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.58%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.11%) IoT
7 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.17%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.17%) FMCG
9 4 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.70%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.70%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 35 (8.20%) Kali Linux
2 33 (7.73%) Linux
3 23 (5.39%) Android
3 23 (5.39%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.58%) Windows
5 2 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Debian
6 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (45.90%) Test Automation
2 160 (37.47%) Software Testing
3 131 (30.68%) Penetration Testing
4 125 (29.27%) Agile
5 113 (26.46%) Cybersecurity
6 100 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (14.75%) Computer Science
8 62 (14.52%) Security Testing
9 60 (14.05%) Test Scripting
10 57 (13.35%) Information Security
11 56 (13.11%) Red Team
12 52 (12.18%) API Testing
13 46 (10.77%) CI/CD
14 45 (10.54%) Application Security
14 45 (10.54%) Mentoring
15 43 (10.07%) Regression Testing
15 43 (10.07%) Scrum
16 38 (8.90%) Manual Testing
17 35 (8.20%) BDD
17 35 (8.20%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.10%) Java
2 54 (12.65%) C#
2 54 (12.65%) JavaScript
3 44 (10.30%) Python
4 28 (6.56%) SQL
5 7 (1.64%) Bash
6 5 (1.17%) Go
7 4 (0.94%) Ruby
8 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.47%) C
9 2 (0.47%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.23%) VB
10 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 75 (17.56%) Degree
2 71 (16.63%) Security Cleared
3 59 (13.82%) OSCP
4 51 (11.94%) CREST Certified
5 49 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (10.77%) SC Cleared
7 30 (7.03%) CHECK Team Member
8 21 (4.92%) DV Cleared
9 20 (4.68%) ISTQB
10 13 (3.04%) Cyber Scheme
11 12 (2.81%) ISEB
12 10 (2.34%) CHECK Team Leader
13 7 (1.64%) CEH
13 7 (1.64%) GPEN
14 6 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.41%) GIAC
14 6 (1.41%) OSCE
14 6 (1.41%) PCI QSA
14 6 (1.41%) Tigerscheme
15 5 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (26.70%) QA
2 14 (3.28%) GRC
2 14 (3.28%) PCI DSS
3 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.11%) NIST
4 6 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.41%) ISO 9001
5 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.47%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (4.45%) Docker
2 11 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (5.15%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.87%) Nessus
3 6 (1.41%) Nmap
4 4 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Consul
5 1 (0.23%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.23%) SysTrack
5 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (1.87%) Oracle
3 4 (0.94%) Google
3 4 (0.94%) Qualys
4 2 (0.47%) Dynatrace
4 2 (0.47%) Jaspersoft
4 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
4 2 (0.47%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.23%) Aderant
5 1 (0.23%) Databricks
5 1 (0.23%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.23%) HP
5 1 (0.23%) iManage
5 1 (0.23%) Intapp
5 1 (0.23%) Murex
5 1 (0.23%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.23%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.23%) Telerik
5 1 (0.23%) Trustwave