Senior Tester Jobs in London

Senior Tester
England > London

The median Senior Tester salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 468 557
Rank change year-on-year +74 +89 +292
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Tester 5 39 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.039% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 35
10th Percentile - £44,250 £49,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,125 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -20.00% +34.62%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £80,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +30.43%

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 11,674 23,559 29,259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 94.47% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,013 17,364 22,033
10th Percentile £40,500 £37,283 £41,314
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

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 20 June 2025.

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 20 June 2025. 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 +22 1 - - 2
Senior Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 2025, 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 3 (60.00%) Red Team
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 2 (40.00%) API Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Swagger
2 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
2 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (20.00%) OSCP
3 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
3 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi

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 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Postman
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) Swagger
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Red Team
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) API Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
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