Functional Testing Jobs in England

Functional Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 510 357
Rank change year-on-year -70 -153 +106
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 265 526 1,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.56% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.59% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 178 289 445
10th Percentile £37,125 £38,200 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,313 £44,538 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £61,963 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,125 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,981 89,600 124,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.92% 95.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,915 52,820 73,594
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,306
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in England.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
South East +20 63 £52,500 +5.00% 16
London -53 61 £52,500 -8.70% 21
Midlands +33 54 £50,000 -11.11% 9
West Midlands +60 49 £50,000 - 4
North of England +2 48 £48,750 -15.22% 18
North West +16 31 £47,500 -17.39% 12
East of England -13 21 £62,500 +8.70% 11
Yorkshire +53 16 £50,000 -31.03% 3
South West -31 16 £40,000 -11.48% 8
East Midlands -31 5 £49,329 -29.53% 5
North East -9 1 - - 3
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (2.26%) Confluence
2 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.13%) WordPress
3 1 (0.38%) Appian
3 1 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 84 (31.70%) Azure
2 64 (24.15%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (15.09%) IBM Cloud
4 28 (10.57%) AWS
5 15 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.40%) GitHub
6 9 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (3.40%) PaaS
6 9 (3.40%) SaaS
7 8 (3.02%) IaaS
8 6 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.13%) Contentful
10 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.75%) Serverless
11 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.02%) Wireless
2 5 (1.89%) Internet
3 4 (1.51%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.51%) RS-232
3 4 (1.51%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.75%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.40%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.89%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.51%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.13%) Big Data
7 2 (0.75%) Power BI
8 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.38%) MS Access
8 1 (0.38%) MySQL
8 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (13.21%) JIRA
2 25 (9.43%) Selenium
3 16 (6.04%) Postman
4 15 (5.66%) Cucumber
5 14 (5.28%) JMeter
6 10 (3.77%) LoadRunner
6 10 (3.77%) MSTest
6 10 (3.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (3.40%) Git
7 9 (3.40%) SoapUI
8 8 (3.02%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.26%) Subversion
10 5 (1.89%) HP UFT
11 3 (1.13%) Appium
12 2 (0.75%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.75%) JUnit
12 2 (0.75%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.75%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.75%) TestComplete
12 2 (0.75%) TestNG
General
1 57 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.62%) Public Sector
3 44 (16.60%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.30%) Finance
5 17 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.04%) Police
7 14 (5.28%) Marketing
8 12 (4.53%) Electronics
9 11 (4.15%) Legal
10 10 (3.77%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.02%) Retail
12 6 (2.26%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.89%) Banking
13 5 (1.89%) Law
14 3 (1.13%) Aviation
14 3 (1.13%) Local Government
14 3 (1.13%) Military
14 3 (1.13%) Publishing
15 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 60 (22.64%) Analyst
2 54 (20.38%) Senior
3 50 (18.87%) Test Analyst
4 33 (12.45%) Developer
5 20 (7.55%) Senior Developer
6 17 (6.42%) Test Engineer
7 16 (6.04%) .NET Developer
8 15 (5.66%) Tester
9 13 (4.91%) QA Engineer
10 11 (4.15%) Test Manager
11 9 (3.40%) Senior .NET Developer
12 8 (3.02%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.02%) Software Engineer
13 7 (2.64%) Lead
13 7 (2.64%) Senior Manager
13 7 (2.64%) Senior Software Developer
14 6 (2.26%) Applications Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) QA Tester
14 6 (2.26%) Senior Test Engineer
14 6 (2.26%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.45%) .NET
2 15 (5.66%) Web Services
3 12 (4.53%) ASP.NET Web API
3 12 (4.53%) Kafka
3 12 (4.53%) MSMQ
3 12 (4.53%) RabbitMQ
4 11 (4.15%) REST
4 11 (4.15%) WCF
5 10 (3.77%) React
6 9 (3.40%) Spring
6 9 (3.40%) Spring Boot
7 8 (3.02%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.02%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (2.64%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.26%) SOAP
10 5 (1.89%) CSS
10 5 (1.89%) HTML
10 5 (1.89%) JSON
10 5 (1.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 5 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.23%) Product Ownership
2 41 (15.47%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (15.09%) Blockchain
3 40 (15.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (9.81%) Management Information System
5 19 (7.17%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (6.79%) Algorithms
6 18 (6.79%) Data Structures
7 15 (5.66%) Mobile App
7 15 (5.66%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (3.40%) Graphic Design
8 9 (3.40%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.64%) IoT
10 6 (2.26%) Animation
11 5 (1.89%) BBC
12 4 (1.51%) CCTV
12 4 (1.51%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.51%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.98%) Linux
2 40 (15.09%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (15.09%) CentOS
2 40 (15.09%) Debian
3 5 (1.89%) Windows
4 2 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (44.91%) Software Testing
2 116 (43.77%) Agile
3 111 (41.89%) Test Automation
4 95 (35.85%) DevOps
5 70 (26.42%) Non-Functional Testing
6 61 (23.02%) User Acceptance Testing
7 60 (22.64%) CI/CD
8 57 (21.51%) Regression Testing
8 57 (21.51%) Test Strategy
9 56 (21.13%) Scrum
10 49 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
11 45 (16.98%) Performance Testing
12 43 (16.23%) Artificial Intelligence
13 42 (15.85%) Technology Transformation
14 41 (15.47%) Co-Creation
14 41 (15.47%) Test Scripting
15 40 (15.09%) Computer Science
15 40 (15.09%) Data Science
15 40 (15.09%) Separation of Concerns
15 40 (15.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.25%) C#
2 31 (11.70%) SQL
3 30 (11.32%) Python
4 27 (10.19%) Java
5 17 (6.42%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.40%) C
7 7 (2.64%) PHP
8 5 (1.89%) Embedded C
8 5 (1.89%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.51%) C++
9 4 (1.51%) VB
10 3 (1.13%) Scala
10 3 (1.13%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.38%) Go
11 1 (0.38%) Lua
11 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.38%) Ruby
11 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (23.02%) Degree
2 41 (15.47%) Azure Certification
3 40 (15.09%) MCSA
3 40 (15.09%) MCSE
3 40 (15.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
6 22 (8.30%) ISTQB
7 14 (5.28%) ISEB
8 12 (4.53%) SC Cleared
9 11 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (3.77%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.26%) CSPO
11 6 (2.26%) CTC Cleared
11 6 (2.26%) IIBA
11 6 (2.26%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (1.51%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (23.77%) QA
2 9 (3.40%) GDPR
3 8 (3.02%) NCSC
4 6 (2.26%) PMO
5 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.75%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 57 (21.51%) Docker
2 14 (5.28%) Firmware
3 12 (4.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.75%) OpenSIPS
6 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (20.38%) Kubernetes
2 48 (18.11%) Terraform
3 8 (3.02%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Grafana
4 1 (0.38%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.38%) Kibana
4 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (15.47%) IBM
1 41 (15.47%) Red Hat
2 33 (12.45%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.28%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.15%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.26%) Google
6 4 (1.51%) Databricks
7 3 (1.13%) Adobe
8 2 (0.75%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.75%) Oracle
8 2 (0.75%) Splunk
9 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.38%) HP
9 1 (0.38%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.38%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.38%) VMware