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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 282 374
Rank change year-on-year -227 +92 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 277 663 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 1.17% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 1.32% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 186 238 443
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £54,688 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £62,700
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +5.56%

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 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 2 June 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 2 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
North of England -114 67 £45,000 -10.00% 29
South East -59 65 £45,500 -9.00% 14
North West -114 42 £43,750 -2.78% 18
Scotland -82 39 £40,500 +15.71% 10
Midlands -110 36 £45,000 +2.86% 16
South West -48 35 £45,000 +9.09% 23
West Midlands -89 25 £45,000 -7.69% 12
Yorkshire +6 24 £45,000 -10.00% 10
East of England -38 21 £27,500 -35.29% 10
Wales +14 13 £42,500 +6.25% 1
East Midlands -35 11 £46,000 +39.39% 5
Northern Ireland +16 1 - - 2
North East -14 1 - - 1
Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 145 (52.35%) Test Automation
2 128 (46.21%) Software Testing
3 92 (33.21%) QA
4 85 (30.69%) Agile
5 70 (25.27%) Selenium
6 65 (23.47%) Social Skills
7 55 (19.86%) Security Cleared
8 48 (17.33%) Java
9 46 (16.61%) Test Scripting
10 44 (15.88%) JavaScript
11 43 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
11 43 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (13.72%) Degree
13 36 (13.00%) Mentoring
14 35 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
14 35 (12.64%) Regression Testing
15 34 (12.27%) C#
15 34 (12.27%) Python
16 33 (11.91%) Computer Science
16 33 (11.91%) Penetration Testing
16 33 (11.91%) DV Cleared
16 33 (11.91%) CI/CD
17 32 (11.55%) Cucumber
18 31 (11.19%) Coaching
19 29 (10.47%) Scrum
20 28 (10.11%) SC Cleared
20 28 (10.11%) Collaborative Working
21 27 (9.75%) OSCP
21 27 (9.75%) Test Strategy
22 26 (9.39%) SDLC

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 (3.61%) Apache
2 4 (1.44%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.86%) SaaS
2 18 (6.50%) Azure
3 10 (3.61%) AWS
4 6 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.17%) GitHub
5 1 (0.36%) ClickUp
5 1 (0.36%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.81%) Wireless
2 4 (1.44%) Internet
3 3 (1.08%) 5G
3 3 (1.08%) HTTP
3 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.72%) 4G
4 2 (0.72%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.36%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.36%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.36%) Firewall
5 1 (0.36%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 70 (25.27%) Selenium
2 32 (11.55%) Cucumber
3 22 (7.94%) JIRA
4 18 (6.50%) WebDriver
5 14 (5.05%) JUnit
5 14 (5.05%) REST Assured
5 14 (5.05%) TestNG
6 13 (4.69%) Postman
7 11 (3.97%) Appium
7 11 (3.97%) JMeter
8 9 (3.25%) Cypress.io
9 8 (2.89%) Jenkins
9 8 (2.89%) SoapUI
9 8 (2.89%) SpecFlow
10 7 (2.53%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.53%) Git
11 5 (1.81%) TeamCity
12 4 (1.44%) Burp Suite
12 4 (1.44%) Metasploit
12 4 (1.44%) Protractor
General
1 65 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 43 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.30%) Aerospace
4 19 (6.86%) Retail
5 15 (5.42%) Finance
5 15 (5.42%) Legal
6 10 (3.61%) Law
7 9 (3.25%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.53%) Games
8 7 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.81%) Automotive
10 5 (1.81%) Banking
10 5 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.08%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.86%) .NET
2 14 (5.05%) REST
3 12 (4.33%) Web Services
4 11 (3.97%) WireMock
5 10 (3.61%) Apache Commons
5 10 (3.61%) Guava
5 10 (3.61%) Java Concurrency
6 8 (2.89%) Gherkin
6 8 (2.89%) RESTful
6 8 (2.89%) SOAP
7 5 (1.81%) Playwright
8 4 (1.44%) Spring
8 4 (1.44%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.36%) ADO
11 1 (0.36%) CSS
11 1 (0.36%) HTML
11 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.50%) Mobile App
2 14 (5.05%) Security Posture
3 12 (4.33%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.89%) IoT
4 8 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.17%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.81%) FMCG
7 3 (1.08%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.36%) Blog
9 1 (0.36%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.36%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.36%) NHS
9 1 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.89%) Android
1 8 (2.89%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.81%) Windows
3 4 (1.44%) Kali Linux
4 2 (0.72%) Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (52.35%) Test Automation
2 128 (46.21%) Software Testing
3 85 (30.69%) Agile
4 46 (16.61%) Test Scripting
5 43 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.00%) Mentoring
7 35 (12.64%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (12.64%) Regression Testing
8 33 (11.91%) CI/CD
8 33 (11.91%) Computer Science
8 33 (11.91%) Penetration Testing
9 31 (11.19%) Coaching
10 29 (10.47%) Scrum
11 28 (10.11%) Collaborative Working
12 27 (9.75%) Test Strategy
13 26 (9.39%) API Testing
13 26 (9.39%) Code Quality
13 26 (9.39%) SDLC
14 25 (9.03%) Technical Analysis
14 25 (9.03%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.33%) Java
2 44 (15.88%) JavaScript
3 34 (12.27%) C#
3 34 (12.27%) Python
4 18 (6.50%) SQL
5 3 (1.08%) Bash
6 2 (0.72%) C
6 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.72%) Ruby
7 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.36%) VB
7 1 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 38 (13.72%) Degree
3 33 (11.91%) DV Cleared
4 28 (10.11%) SC Cleared
5 27 (9.75%) OSCP
6 24 (8.66%) CHECK Team Leader
7 21 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (5.42%) ISTQB
9 11 (3.97%) CHECK Team Member
10 9 (3.25%) CREST Certified
11 6 (2.17%) ISEB
12 3 (1.08%) OSCE
13 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.72%) HND
13 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.36%) CCSAS
14 1 (0.36%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (33.21%) QA
2 8 (2.89%) GRC
3 6 (2.17%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.72%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (4.33%) Docker
2 9 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.44%) Nmap
3 3 (1.08%) Nessus
4 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 22 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.89%) Oracle
3 3 (1.08%) Qualys
4 2 (0.72%) Dynatrace
4 2 (0.72%) Jaspersoft
5 1 (0.36%) HP