Test Management Jobs in the South West

Test Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Test Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 248 220
Rank change year-on-year -23 -28 +54
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 22 21 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.31% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.33% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 38
10th Percentile £42,185 £45,750 £35,125
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -24.37%
75th Percentile £67,813 £67,500 £49,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,950 £61,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £56,549 £48,500
% change year-on-year -11.58% +16.60% -18.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Test Management 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 7,721 6,348 7,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.42% 94.41% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,559 3,543 5,023
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,875 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the South West

Test Management
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Test Management in the South West

Test Management
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in the South West

Test Management
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 Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Dorset -15 8 - -
Bristol +4 5 £47,500 -31.65% 1
Devon - 4 £49,750 -
Gloucestershire -25 3 £65,000 - 2
Somerset 0 1 £45,000 -16.28% 1
Test Management
England

Test Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Bluetooth
1 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (18.18%) ZigBee
2 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Cucumber
1 10 (45.45%) JIRA
2 9 (40.91%) Selenium
3 8 (36.36%) TeamCity
4 4 (18.18%) Git
5 3 (13.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (4.55%) Appium
6 1 (4.55%) Moq
General
1 11 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Finance
4 8 (36.36%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Law
5 4 (18.18%) Electronics
6 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Senior
2 10 (45.45%) Test Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (4.55%) QA Leader
5 1 (4.55%) QA Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior UAT Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Test Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Transformation Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) Gherkin
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) Jest
2 1 (4.55%) Playwright
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
2 1 (4.55%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (18.18%) IoT
2 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Android
2 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Test Automation
1 17 (77.27%) Test Strategy
2 16 (72.73%) Agile
3 11 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (50.00%) User Stories
4 10 (45.45%) Coaching
4 10 (45.45%) End-to-End Testing
4 10 (45.45%) Mentoring
5 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (40.91%) Project Delivery
5 9 (40.91%) Scrum
5 9 (40.91%) TDD
5 9 (40.91%) Test Scripting
5 9 (40.91%) Time Management
6 8 (36.36%) Change Management
6 8 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (36.36%) Defect Management
6 8 (36.36%) Process Improvement
7 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
8 4 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) C#
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
3 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft