Tester Jobs in the South East

Tester
England > South East

The median Tester salary in the South East is £45,500 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 337 281 358
Rank change year-on-year -56 +77 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 61 111 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.83% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.92% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 25 80 122
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +3.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the South East

Tester
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Tester in the South East

Tester
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in the South East

Tester
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the South East region 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
Hampshire -11 32 £43,750 -2.78% 2
Thames Valley -58 15 £62,500 +25.00% 5
Berkshire -15 12 £62,500 -10.71% 3
Surrey -23 7 £45,500 -19.11% 2
Kent -9 5 £60,000 +20.00%
Buckinghamshire -21 2 £33,250 -29.26% 1
West Sussex +10 1 £42,500 -26.09%
Oxfordshire -17 1 - - 1
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 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 South East region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 53 (86.89%) Test Automation
2 44 (72.13%) Selenium
3 36 (59.02%) Agile
4 32 (52.46%) Security Cleared
5 29 (47.54%) Test Scripting
6 27 (44.26%) QA
7 25 (40.98%) Requirements Analysis
7 25 (40.98%) Technical Analysis
7 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
7 25 (40.98%) Coaching
7 25 (40.98%) Test Assurance
8 24 (39.34%) DV Cleared
8 24 (39.34%) Software Testing
9 23 (37.70%) Aerospace
9 23 (37.70%) Collaborative Working
10 21 (34.43%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (24.59%) Java
11 15 (24.59%) CI/CD
12 14 (22.95%) Scenario Testing
12 14 (22.95%) Cucumber
13 12 (19.67%) BDD
14 11 (18.03%) JUnit
14 11 (18.03%) TestNG
14 11 (18.03%) WebDriver
14 11 (18.03%) Code Quality
14 11 (18.03%) REST Assured
15 10 (16.39%) Containerisation
15 10 (16.39%) Design Patterns
15 10 (16.39%) Docker
15 10 (16.39%) Guava

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (16.39%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.20%) GitHub
1 5 (8.20%) SaaS
2 4 (6.56%) Azure
3 3 (4.92%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Wireless
1 1 (1.64%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 44 (72.13%) Selenium
2 14 (22.95%) Cucumber
3 11 (18.03%) JUnit
3 11 (18.03%) REST Assured
3 11 (18.03%) TestNG
3 11 (18.03%) WebDriver
4 6 (9.84%) JIRA
5 5 (8.20%) Jenkins
6 4 (6.56%) JMeter
7 3 (4.92%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (4.92%) Serenity BDD
7 3 (4.92%) SpecFlow
8 2 (3.28%) Bitbucket
8 2 (3.28%) Cypress.io
8 2 (3.28%) LoadRunner
8 2 (3.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (1.64%) Hudson
9 1 (1.64%) Maven
9 1 (1.64%) Postman
General
1 23 (37.70%) Aerospace
2 5 (8.20%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Finance
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Games
6 1 (1.64%) Marketing
6 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.39%) Apache Commons
1 10 (16.39%) Guava
1 10 (16.39%) Java Concurrency
1 10 (16.39%) REST
1 10 (16.39%) WireMock
2 9 (14.75%) .NET
3 6 (9.84%) Web Services
4 4 (6.56%) RESTful
5 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (3.28%) SOAP
6 1 (1.64%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (86.89%) Test Automation
2 36 (59.02%) Agile
3 29 (47.54%) Test Scripting
4 25 (40.98%) Coaching
4 25 (40.98%) Mentoring
4 25 (40.98%) Requirements Analysis
4 25 (40.98%) Technical Analysis
4 25 (40.98%) Test Assurance
5 24 (39.34%) Software Testing
6 23 (37.70%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (34.43%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (24.59%) CI/CD
9 14 (22.95%) Scenario Testing
10 12 (19.67%) BDD
11 11 (18.03%) Code Quality
12 10 (16.39%) API Testing
12 10 (16.39%) Containerisation
12 10 (16.39%) Design Patterns
13 9 (14.75%) Scrum
14 8 (13.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) Java
2 10 (16.39%) C#
3 8 (13.11%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.84%) SQL
5 3 (4.92%) Python
6 2 (3.28%) C
7 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.64%) VB
7 1 (1.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (52.46%) Security Cleared
2 24 (39.34%) DV Cleared
3 9 (14.75%) Degree
3 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.92%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.64%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (1.64%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.64%) ISEB
6 1 (1.64%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (44.26%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (16.39%) Docker
2 7 (11.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (4.92%) Oracle
2 2 (3.28%) Dynatrace
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft