Test Planning Jobs in England

Test Planning
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 737 773
Rank change year-on-year +11 +36 -50
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 116 192 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 61 101 214
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £56,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +18.18% +12.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Test Planning 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 73,147 88,376 126,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,212 73,732
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £101,243 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in England.

Salary trend for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +112 42 £82,000 -3.53% 13
South East +31 29 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Midlands 0 22 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands +19 21 £50,000 - 4
North of England +5 11 £44,750 -22.84% 5
South West -29 9 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire +68 6 £45,000 -28.00%
North West -8 5 £44,750 -22.17% 5
East of England -6 2 £32,211 - 2
East Midlands -17 1 - - 2
Test Planning
UK

Test Planning
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 4 (3.45%) TWiki
2 2 (1.72%) CMS
3 1 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.86%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.03%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.72%) Simulink
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.76%) Azure
2 6 (5.17%) AWS
2 6 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.45%) Cloud Composer
3 4 (3.45%) Cloud Functions
3 4 (3.45%) dbt
3 4 (3.45%) GCP
3 4 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 4 (3.45%) SaaS
3 4 (3.45%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.86%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.72%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.76%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (3.45%) Tableau
3 1 (0.86%) Metadata
3 1 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (14.66%) Selenium
2 15 (12.93%) JIRA
2 15 (12.93%) JUnit
3 11 (9.48%) TestRail
4 9 (7.76%) Cypress.io
5 7 (6.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (6.03%) Jenkins
5 7 (6.03%) WebDriver
6 6 (5.17%) JMeter
7 4 (3.45%) eggPlant
7 4 (3.45%) Maven
8 2 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.72%) TestNG
9 1 (0.86%) Appium
9 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.86%) Git
9 1 (0.86%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.86%) NUnit
9 1 (0.86%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.86%) Subversion
General
1 35 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.97%) Finance
3 21 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.03%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.31%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.31%) Automotive
6 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Police
7 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.86%) Aviation
8 1 (0.86%) Electronics
8 1 (0.86%) Local Government
8 1 (0.86%) Marketing
8 1 (0.86%) Military
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Publishing
8 1 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (31.90%) Lead
2 33 (28.45%) Analyst
3 23 (19.83%) Senior
4 16 (13.79%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (12.93%) Test Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Senior Business Analyst
6 8 (6.90%) Test Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 5 (4.31%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (4.31%) Test Leader
8 5 (4.31%) Tester
9 4 (3.45%) Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.45%) QA Engineer
9 4 (3.45%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.45%) Test Manager
10 3 (2.59%) Consultant
10 3 (2.59%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.76%) REST
1 9 (7.76%) Web Services
2 7 (6.03%) Apache Thrift
2 7 (6.03%) JSON
2 7 (6.03%) React
3 5 (4.31%) RESTful
4 4 (3.45%) Hibernate
4 4 (3.45%) Spring
4 4 (3.45%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.59%) XML
6 1 (0.86%) Apache Felix
6 1 (0.86%) Apache Sling
6 1 (0.86%) CSS
6 1 (0.86%) HTML
6 1 (0.86%) HTML5
6 1 (0.86%) J2EE
6 1 (0.86%) jQuery
6 1 (0.86%) MACH
6 1 (0.86%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.83%) Product Ownership
2 17 (14.66%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (12.93%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.59%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.72%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.86%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.86%) NHS
7 1 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
1 4 (3.45%) Windows Server
1 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (80.17%) Agile
2 82 (70.69%) Test Automation
3 56 (48.28%) Software Testing
4 47 (40.52%) Test Strategy
5 40 (34.48%) Mentoring
6 34 (29.31%) Test Management
7 32 (27.59%) Test Scripting
8 29 (25.00%) SDET
9 28 (24.14%) SDLC
10 25 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (19.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (18.10%) Computer Science
13 20 (17.24%) Functional Testing
13 20 (17.24%) Performance Testing
14 18 (15.52%) OO
14 18 (15.52%) Performance Metrics
14 18 (15.52%) Regression Testing
14 18 (15.52%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (12.93%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.00%) Java
2 10 (8.62%) C#
2 10 (8.62%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.90%) SQL
4 6 (5.17%) Python
5 4 (3.45%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.72%) C
6 2 (1.72%) MATLAB
6 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.86%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (25.86%) Degree
2 22 (18.97%) ISTQB
3 20 (17.24%) Security Cleared
4 14 (12.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (12.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 11 (9.48%) DV Cleared
6 7 (6.03%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.31%) ISEB
8 2 (1.72%) HND
8 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.86%) MCSE
9 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (26.72%) QA
2 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.86%) Def Stans
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) Docker
2 4 (3.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.17%) Google
3 2 (1.72%) BT
3 2 (1.72%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (0.86%) Adobe
4 1 (0.86%) Remedy
4 1 (0.86%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.86%) SnapLogic