Test Strategy Jobs in the South West

Test Strategy
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 220 212
Rank change year-on-year -35 -8 +43
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 36 58 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.39% 0.82% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.87% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 22 39 53
10th Percentile - £41,250 £35,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £80,938 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £73,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Test Strategy 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 7,687 6,704 7,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.34% 94.56% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,554 3,713 4,976
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,966
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,313
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 £65,056
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 Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the South West

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the South West

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the South West

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Dorset -12 14 £40,000 -17.95% 1
Bristol +6 10 £82,500 +37.50% 3
Gloucestershire -28 5 £65,000 +25.00% 1
Devon -7 4 £49,750 -0.50%
Wiltshire -14 3 £58,700 -16.14% 1
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
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 14 (38.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) AWS
2 3 (8.33%) Azure
2 3 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.56%) GCP
3 2 (5.56%) IaaS
3 2 (5.56%) PaaS
3 2 (5.56%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) BrowserStack
4 1 (2.78%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 6 (16.67%) RS-232
2 4 (11.11%) Bluetooth
2 4 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (11.11%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 4 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (38.89%) JIRA
2 9 (25.00%) Selenium
3 8 (22.22%) Cucumber
3 8 (22.22%) TeamCity
4 4 (11.11%) Git
4 4 (11.11%) Zephyr
5 2 (5.56%) Postman
6 1 (2.78%) Appium
6 1 (2.78%) Cypress.io
6 1 (2.78%) JMeter
6 1 (2.78%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.78%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (2.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 14 (38.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (30.56%) Finance
4 10 (27.78%) Electronics
4 10 (27.78%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 8 (22.22%) Law
7 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (16.67%) Aerospace
9 2 (5.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Senior
2 7 (19.44%) Test Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Lead
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Test Leader
5 3 (8.33%) Product Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Product Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Architect
6 2 (5.56%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Quality Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Development Specialist
7 1 (2.78%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.78%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Tester
7 1 (2.78%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.22%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 6 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (11.11%) IoT
4 3 (8.33%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
5 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 16 (44.44%) Agile
2 16 (44.44%) Coaching
2 16 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 16 (44.44%) Test Management
3 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (36.11%) Scrum
5 12 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 12 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (30.56%) User Stories
7 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 9 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 9 (25.00%) Project Management
7 9 (25.00%) Software Testing
7 9 (25.00%) TDD
7 9 (25.00%) Test Scripting
8 8 (22.22%) Change Management
8 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (22.22%) Process Improvement
8 8 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) Degree
2 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.33%) CSPO
4 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (8.33%) IIBA
4 3 (8.33%) ISTQB
4 3 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (36.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.56%) Google
3 2 (5.56%) VMware