TestOps
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for TestOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TestOps over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 894 935 1266
Rank change year-on-year +41 +331 -321
Permanent jobs citing TestOps 8 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.014% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.014% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £48,000 £53,750 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,912 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% -0.94% +66.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £68,860 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,000 £71,132 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +66.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

TestOps 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 88,012 90,290 162,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.51% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,295 54,552 83,502
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,909
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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%

TestOps
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for TestOps in the UK

TestOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TestOps.

Salary trend for TestOps in the UK

TestOps
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestOps within the UK over the 6 months to 3 June 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 +57 5 £55,000 -11.16% 8
Work from Home +43 5 £50,000 -19.24%
UK excluding London -31 4 £52,500 -4.55% 6
West Midlands -13 3 £55,000 - 1
Midlands -27 3 £55,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

TestOps
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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 14001