Test Assurance Jobs in the South West

Test Assurance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Test Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Assurance over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 268 301
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 33 11 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.17% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -39.26%
England median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +43.75% -16.67% +24.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Test Assurance 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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,759 6,519 7,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.14% 94.42% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,562 3,653 4,986
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,200 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the South West

Test Assurance
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance in the South West.

Salary trend for Test Assurance in the South West

Test Assurance
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Assurance within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Devon +17 33 - - 5
Test Assurance
England

Test Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 33 (100.00%) 5G
1 33 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 33 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) LabVIEW
General
1 33 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (69.70%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (63.64%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (54.55%) Electronics
5 11 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
6 5 (15.15%) Finance
6 5 (15.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) RF Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) Lead
2 11 (33.33%) Project Leader
2 11 (33.33%) Technical Leader
2 11 (33.33%) Technical Project Leader
3 10 (30.30%) GNSS Engineer
4 8 (24.24%) Software Project Leader
5 7 (21.21%) Developer
5 7 (21.21%) FPGA Developer
6 5 (15.15%) Graduate
6 5 (15.15%) Product Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (51.52%) GNSS
2 16 (48.48%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (30.30%) FPGA
4 8 (24.24%) Robotics
5 7 (21.21%) MicroBlaze
5 7 (21.21%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Linux
3 5 (15.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) B2B
1 33 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 33 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 21 (63.64%) Project Delivery
3 18 (54.55%) Computer Science
3 18 (54.55%) Creative Thinking
3 18 (54.55%) Defect Tracking
3 18 (54.55%) Requirements Analysis
4 16 (48.48%) Mentoring
5 11 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
5 11 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
5 11 (33.33%) Product Management
5 11 (33.33%) Project Management
5 11 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (33.33%) Validation
6 10 (30.30%) Customer Engagement
6 10 (30.30%) FPGA Design
6 10 (30.30%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (30.30%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) C++
1 15 (45.45%) MATLAB
2 7 (21.21%) C
2 7 (21.21%) Perl
2 7 (21.21%) Tcl
2 7 (21.21%) VB
3 5 (15.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (84.85%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) PMO
2 3 (9.09%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (21.21%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (21.21%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Altera
1 7 (21.21%) Green Hills
1 7 (21.21%) Motorola
1 7 (21.21%) Xilinx