Senior Tester Jobs in London

Senior Tester
England > London

The median Senior Tester salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 559 842
Rank change year-on-year +78 +283 -234
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 37 44 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 49
10th Percentile £44,250 £51,500 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +34.62% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £105,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £79,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 23,340 29,809 71,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.99% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17,175 22,417 34,826
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Senior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Tester in London

Senior Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Tester in London

Senior Tester
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Tester in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Tester in London

Senior Tester
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Tester within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London +43 3 £50,000 -54.55% 1
Senior Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 across the London region featuring Senior Tester in the job title.

1 25 (67.57%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (54.05%) CREST Certified
3 14 (37.84%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (29.73%) Security Testing
5 10 (27.03%) OSCP
5 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 10 (27.03%) Mobile App
6 9 (24.32%) OWASP
7 8 (21.62%) Wireless
8 7 (18.92%) Marketing
8 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
8 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
8 7 (18.92%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (18.92%) Red Team
9 6 (16.22%) GRC
9 6 (16.22%) Thought Leadership
9 6 (16.22%) NIST
9 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
9 6 (16.22%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (16.22%) Application Security
9 6 (16.22%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (16.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (16.22%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (16.22%) Presales
9 6 (16.22%) Tigerscheme
9 6 (16.22%) API Testing
9 6 (16.22%) Security Architecture

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

Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Wireless
2 6 (16.22%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.70%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.70%) Postman
General
1 7 (18.92%) Marketing
2 6 (16.22%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Law
3 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Mobile App
2 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (10.81%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (10.81%) Cyberattack
3 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Penetration Testing
2 14 (37.84%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (29.73%) Security Testing
4 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (24.32%) OWASP
6 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (18.92%) Red Team
7 6 (16.22%) API Testing
7 6 (16.22%) Application Security
7 6 (16.22%) Cloud Security
7 6 (16.22%) Data Privacy
7 6 (16.22%) Information Security
7 6 (16.22%) Presales
7 6 (16.22%) Security Architecture
7 6 (16.22%) Thought Leadership
8 5 (13.51%) Test Automation
9 4 (10.81%) Ethical Hacking
9 4 (10.81%) Identity Management
9 4 (10.81%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) CREST Certified
2 10 (27.03%) OSCP
3 7 (18.92%) CHECK Team Leader
3 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (16.22%) Cyber Scheme
4 6 (16.22%) PCI QSA
4 6 (16.22%) Tigerscheme
5 4 (10.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (10.81%) CCSAM
6 1 (2.70%) CCNA
6 1 (2.70%) CCNP
6 1 (2.70%) CEH
6 1 (2.70%) CISA
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CISM
6 1 (2.70%) CISSP
6 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (2.70%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (16.22%) GRC
1 6 (16.22%) NIST
1 6 (16.22%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.41%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.70%) Nessus
2 1 (2.70%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Murex
2 1 (2.70%) Qualys
2 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow