Agile Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Agile Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Agile Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 318 1041
Rank change year-on-year -533 +723 -199
Permanent jobs citing Agile Testing 37 1,109 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 1.09% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 1.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 20 42 103
10th Percentile £34,700 £42,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% +11.54% +13.54%
75th Percentile £60,741 £89,852 £74,686
90th Percentile - £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -23.48% +29.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Agile 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Agile Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Agile Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Testing in the UK

Agile Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Agile Testing.

Salary trend for Agile Testing in the UK

Agile Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Agile Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Agile Testing in the UK

Agile Testing
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England -507 36 £40,000 -42.86% 5
UK excluding London -493 32 £40,000 -9.09% 6
Work from Home +77 21 £40,000 -15.79% 1
South East -11 12 - - 1
West Midlands -126 10 £40,000 -23.93% 2
Midlands -179 10 £40,000 -23.93% 2
North of England -242 9 £57,965 - 1
Yorkshire -46 5 £57,965 -
London -59 4 - -
North West -200 3 £57,965 - 1
South West -49 1 £40,000 - 1
North East - 1 £57,965 -

Agile Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) AWS
Development Applications
1 12 (32.43%) TestRail
2 9 (24.32%) Cucumber
3 4 (10.81%) JMeter
3 4 (10.81%) JUnit
4 3 (8.11%) Postman
5 2 (5.41%) JIRA
6 1 (2.70%) Selenium
General
1 10 (27.03%) Finance
2 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.51%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Tech for Good
6 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Marketing
6 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) QA Engineer
1 10 (27.03%) Test Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Test Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Lead
4 6 (16.22%) Senior
4 6 (16.22%) Senior Test Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Agile Tester
5 5 (13.51%) QA Tester
5 5 (13.51%) Tester
6 3 (8.11%) QA Automation Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.70%) Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Cloud Automation Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Head of QA
8 1 (2.70%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (24.32%) Spring
1 9 (24.32%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Agile
2 36 (97.30%) Test Automation
3 18 (48.65%) CI/CD
4 16 (43.24%) Non-Functional Testing
5 15 (40.54%) Test Management
5 15 (40.54%) Test Strategy
6 14 (37.84%) Test Planning
7 13 (35.14%) Software Testing
8 12 (32.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 12 (32.43%) Test Assurance
9 11 (29.73%) Requirements Analysis
9 11 (29.73%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
9 11 (29.73%) Scrum
10 10 (27.03%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (27.03%) BDD
10 10 (27.03%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (27.03%) Software Delivery
11 9 (24.32%) Fintech
11 9 (24.32%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) C#
2 1 (2.70%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) ISTQB
1 13 (35.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 12 (32.43%) Security Cleared
3 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (67.57%) QA
2 7 (18.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Firmware