Test Planning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 603 649
Rank change year-on-year -72 +46 -63
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 87 130 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 48 56 111
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,495 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +20.93% +9.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,837 56,365 67,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.55% 95.59% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 41,306 29,082 41,028
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in the UK excluding London

Test Planning
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +13 30 £62,500 -10.71% 6
Midlands -15 20 £50,000 -9.09% 7
West Midlands +7 19 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Scotland -55 13 £67,500 - 2
North of England +19 12 £52,000 -5.45% 3
South West -25 8 £53,750 - 4
Yorkshire +59 6 £45,000 -15.09%
North West -3 6 £52,000 -5.45% 3
Wales +8 2 £65,000 - 1
East of England -16 2 £32,211 - 4
East Midlands -9 1 - - 3
Test Planning
UK

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.60%) TWiki
2 1 (1.15%) CMS
2 1 (1.15%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.30%) Simulink
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.34%) BlazeMeter
2 7 (8.05%) Azure
3 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.60%) Cloud Composer
4 4 (4.60%) Cloud Functions
4 4 (4.60%) dbt
4 4 (4.60%) GCP
4 4 (4.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 4 (4.60%) SaaS
4 4 (4.60%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.30%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (4.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (20.69%) JIRA
2 12 (13.79%) TestRail
3 11 (12.64%) Maven
4 10 (11.49%) Cypress.io
5 9 (10.34%) Cucumber
5 9 (10.34%) Gradle
5 9 (10.34%) Jenkins
5 9 (10.34%) JMeter
6 6 (6.90%) Selenium
7 4 (4.60%) eggPlant
8 2 (2.30%) Postman
9 1 (1.15%) Appium
9 1 (1.15%) JUnit
9 1 (1.15%) LabVIEW
9 1 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (1.15%) TestNG
General
1 42 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 31 (35.63%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (24.14%) Finance
4 13 (14.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (10.34%) Law
5 9 (10.34%) Marketing
6 7 (8.05%) Aerospace
7 5 (5.75%) Automotive
8 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.15%) Aviation
9 1 (1.15%) Electronics
9 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Military
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (29.89%) Analyst
2 15 (17.24%) Senior
3 14 (16.09%) Test Analyst
4 13 (14.94%) QA Engineer
5 12 (13.79%) Test Engineer
6 11 (12.64%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (10.34%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 9 (10.34%) Java Engineer
7 9 (10.34%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (10.34%) QA Software Engineer
7 9 (10.34%) Software Engineer
8 5 (5.75%) Lead
8 5 (5.75%) Test Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Tester
10 3 (3.45%) Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Software Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Software Tester
10 3 (3.45%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) Spring
1 11 (12.64%) Spring Boot
2 9 (10.34%) Ext JS
2 9 (10.34%) React
3 2 (2.30%) Hibernate
3 2 (2.30%) RESTful
3 2 (2.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Product Ownership
2 16 (18.39%) Mobile App
3 15 (17.24%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (10.34%) Market Risk
5 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.15%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.15%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
1 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
1 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (81.61%) Agile
2 62 (71.26%) Test Automation
3 45 (51.72%) Software Testing
4 38 (43.68%) Test Scripting
5 34 (39.08%) Test Management
6 32 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (35.63%) SDLC
8 28 (32.18%) Mentoring
8 28 (32.18%) Regression Testing
9 21 (24.14%) Test Strategy
10 20 (22.99%) Manual Testing
11 19 (21.84%) Performance Testing
12 17 (19.54%) Performance Metrics
13 16 (18.39%) CI/CD
13 16 (18.39%) Computer Science
13 16 (18.39%) Functional Testing
13 16 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (18.39%) Test Assurance
14 15 (17.24%) Agile Testing
14 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.54%) SQL
2 12 (13.79%) Java
3 10 (11.49%) JavaScript
4 7 (8.05%) C#
5 5 (5.75%) C
5 5 (5.75%) Python
6 4 (4.60%) T-SQL
7 3 (3.45%) Embedded C
8 2 (2.30%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (26.44%) Degree
1 23 (26.44%) ISTQB
2 19 (21.84%) Security Cleared
3 14 (16.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (16.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (12.64%) DV Cleared
5 6 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) HND
6 2 (2.30%) ISEB
6 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (42.53%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) Def Stans
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Firmware
2 2 (2.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.34%) TOWER Software
3 5 (5.75%) Google
4 2 (2.30%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.15%) BT
5 1 (1.15%) SAP
5 1 (1.15%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.15%) Workday