Functional Testing Jobs in the South West

Functional Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 245 250
Rank change year-on-year -34 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 13 25 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.14% 0.36% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.38% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 35
10th Percentile £20,200 £31,800 £40,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,278 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,579 £59,849 £51,125
Median % change year-on-year -42.22% +17.06% +13.61%
75th Percentile £62,200 £64,688 £63,928
90th Percentile - £65,000 £64,106
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,753 6,536 7,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.05% 94.48% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,554 3,644 5,025
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,238 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
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%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the South West

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the South West.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the South West

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the South West

Functional Testing
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 Functional Testing within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Wiltshire -4 7 £34,579 -
Gloucestershire -16 3 £20,000 -
Bristol +17 2 £52,500 - 5
Cornwall -18 1 £25,000 -21.88%
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MS Access
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) JMeter
2 2 (15.38%) Postman
2 2 (15.38%) SoapUI
2 2 (15.38%) TestComplete
3 1 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Selenium
3 1 (7.69%) Subversion
3 1 (7.69%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Aviation
3 2 (15.38%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Product Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Product Manager
3 2 (15.38%) QA Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee
3 2 (15.38%) Trainee Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Android
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
1 6 (46.15%) Scrum
1 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) Workflow
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
4 3 (23.08%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (23.08%) Product Management
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) User Experience
4 3 (23.08%) UX Design
4 3 (23.08%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ISEB
1 4 (30.77%) ISTQB
2 3 (23.08%) CSPO
2 3 (23.08%) IIBA
3 2 (15.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) HND
4 1 (7.69%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.69%) VMware