Data-Driven Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data-Driven Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data-Driven 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 888 973 1127
Rank change year-on-year +85 +154 -230
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Testing 16 20 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.019% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.020% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 33
10th Percentile £26,250 £60,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £60,165 £62,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,613 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.25% +4.00% -18.03%
75th Percentile £96,539 £68,438 £100,000
90th Percentile £135,250 £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £65,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +1.92% -31.58% +24.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data-Driven 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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Data-Driven Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data-Driven Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Testing in the UK

Data-Driven Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data-Driven Testing in the UK

Data-Driven Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data-Driven Testing in the UK

Data-Driven Testing
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Testing within the UK 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
England +84 16 £73,613 +13.25% 2
UK excluding London +13 14 £66,250 +1.92% 2
South West -17 10 £86,252 +27.78%
Work from Home +86 6 £66,250 +1.92% 3
London +122 3 £130,500 +113.93% 1
Yorkshire +73 2 £66,250 +1.92%
North of England +40 2 £66,250 +1.92%
Midlands - 2 £27,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £27,500 -

Data-Driven 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
1 6 (37.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
General
1 10 (62.50%) Banking
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 9 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (37.50%) Investment Banking
3 6 (37.50%) Law
3 6 (37.50%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analytics Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Data Analytics Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Testing Manager
2 4 (25.00%) Product Owner
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (12.50%) QA Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Quality Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Test Development Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Development Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) DOM
1 2 (12.50%) Gherkin
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) Next.js
1 2 (12.50%) Sass
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.25%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Algorithms
1 6 (37.50%) Credit Risk
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 6 (37.50%) Market Risk
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
1 6 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Online Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Analytics
1 8 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 8 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
2 7 (43.75%) Risk Management
3 6 (37.50%) Analytical Thinking
3 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Client Onboarding
3 6 (37.50%) Data Analytics
3 6 (37.50%) Data Cleansing
3 6 (37.50%) LLM
3 6 (37.50%) Process Management
3 6 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 6 (37.50%) Thought Leadership
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) R
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.25%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Alteryx
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 6 (37.50%) Pega
1 6 (37.50%) UiPath
2 5 (31.25%) Google