Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £44,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 287 374
Rank change year-on-year -219 +87 -92
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 286 633 659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 1.15% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 1.29% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 190 236 449
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,125 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £59,688 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £65,000
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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 12 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 12 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 -116 75 £45,000 -10.00% 26
South East -78 60 £45,500 -9.00% 12
North West -106 49 £43,250 -3.89% 15
Scotland -77 41 £42,750 +14.00% 8
South West -56 40 £45,000 +5.88% 19
Midlands -130 35 £45,000 +5.88% 11
Yorkshire +19 25 £45,000 -10.00% 10
West Midlands -87 24 £45,000 - 8
East of England -38 21 £27,500 -29.49% 9
Wales +22 13 £42,500 +6.25% 3
East Midlands -48 11 £46,000 +39.39% 3
Northern Ireland +16 1 - - 1
North East -21 1 - - 1
Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 141 (49.30%) Test Automation
2 127 (44.41%) Software Testing
3 92 (32.17%) QA
4 82 (28.67%) Agile
5 69 (24.13%) Selenium
6 68 (23.78%) Social Skills
7 54 (18.88%) Security Cleared
8 48 (16.78%) Java
9 45 (15.73%) Test Scripting
10 44 (15.38%) JavaScript
10 44 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
12 39 (13.64%) Degree
13 38 (13.29%) Regression Testing
14 35 (12.24%) Mentoring
15 34 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (11.89%) C#
15 34 (11.89%) Python
16 33 (11.54%) Computer Science
16 33 (11.54%) DV Cleared
17 32 (11.19%) Penetration Testing
18 31 (10.84%) CHECK Team Leader
19 30 (10.49%) Coaching
20 29 (10.14%) Cucumber
20 29 (10.14%) Collaborative Working
20 29 (10.14%) CI/CD
21 28 (9.79%) Scrum
21 28 (9.79%) SDLC
22 27 (9.44%) OSCP
22 27 (9.44%) SC Cleared

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 (3.50%) Apache
2 4 (1.40%) Confluence
3 2 (0.70%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.99%) SaaS
2 16 (5.59%) Azure
3 8 (2.80%) AWS
4 5 (1.75%) GitHub
5 4 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.35%) ClickUp
6 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.75%) Wireless
2 4 (1.40%) Internet
3 3 (1.05%) 5G
3 3 (1.05%) HTTP
3 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.70%) 4G
4 2 (0.70%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.35%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.35%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.35%) Firewall
5 1 (0.35%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 69 (24.13%) Selenium
2 29 (10.14%) Cucumber
3 22 (7.69%) JIRA
4 20 (6.99%) WebDriver
5 14 (4.90%) JUnit
5 14 (4.90%) Postman
5 14 (4.90%) REST Assured
5 14 (4.90%) TestNG
6 12 (4.20%) JMeter
7 10 (3.50%) Appium
8 9 (3.15%) SpecFlow
9 7 (2.45%) Cypress.io
9 7 (2.45%) Git
9 7 (2.45%) Jenkins
9 7 (2.45%) SoapUI
9 7 (2.45%) TeamCity
10 6 (2.10%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.40%) Burp Suite
11 4 (1.40%) Metasploit
11 4 (1.40%) Protractor
General
1 68 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.04%) Aerospace
4 19 (6.64%) Retail
5 15 (5.24%) Legal
6 14 (4.90%) Finance
7 10 (3.50%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.15%) Law
9 7 (2.45%) Games
10 6 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Automotive
11 5 (1.75%) Banking
11 5 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Local Government
13 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.05%) Marketing
13 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.70%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.64%) .NET
2 13 (4.55%) REST
3 11 (3.85%) Web Services
3 11 (3.85%) WireMock
4 10 (3.50%) Apache Commons
4 10 (3.50%) Guava
4 10 (3.50%) Java Concurrency
5 9 (3.15%) Gherkin
6 6 (2.10%) RESTful
6 6 (2.10%) SOAP
7 5 (1.75%) Playwright
8 3 (1.05%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.05%) Spring
8 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.35%) ADO
10 1 (0.35%) CSS
10 1 (0.35%) HTML
10 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.94%) Mobile App
2 14 (4.90%) Security Posture
3 11 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.80%) IoT
4 8 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.10%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.75%) FMCG
7 3 (1.05%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.05%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.35%) Blog
9 1 (0.35%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.35%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.35%) NHS
9 1 (0.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.15%) Android
2 7 (2.45%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.40%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.05%) Windows
5 2 (0.70%) Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (49.30%) Test Automation
2 127 (44.41%) Software Testing
3 82 (28.67%) Agile
4 45 (15.73%) Test Scripting
5 44 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (13.29%) Regression Testing
7 35 (12.24%) Mentoring
8 34 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 32 (11.19%) Penetration Testing
11 30 (10.49%) Coaching
12 29 (10.14%) CI/CD
12 29 (10.14%) Collaborative Working
13 28 (9.79%) Scrum
13 28 (9.79%) SDLC
14 26 (9.09%) API Testing
14 26 (9.09%) Code Quality
14 26 (9.09%) Manual Testing
14 26 (9.09%) Test Strategy
15 25 (8.74%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 48 (16.78%) Java
2 44 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 34 (11.89%) C#
3 34 (11.89%) Python
4 22 (7.69%) SQL
5 3 (1.05%) Bash
6 2 (0.70%) C
6 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
6 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) Ruby
7 1 (0.35%) VB
7 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.64%) Degree
3 33 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 31 (10.84%) CHECK Team Leader
5 27 (9.44%) OSCP
5 27 (9.44%) SC Cleared
6 21 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.94%) ISTQB
8 11 (3.85%) CHECK Team Member
9 9 (3.15%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.40%) ISEB
10 4 (1.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (1.05%) OSCE
12 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.70%) HND
13 1 (0.35%) CCSAS
13 1 (0.35%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (32.17%) QA
2 8 (2.80%) GRC
3 6 (2.10%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.70%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 12 (4.20%) Docker
2 7 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Nmap
3 3 (1.05%) Nessus
4 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (6.99%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.50%) Oracle
3 3 (1.05%) Qualys
4 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
4 2 (0.70%) Jaspersoft
5 1 (0.35%) HP