Functional Testing Job Trends in Chelmsford

Functional Testing
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 1.61% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 110 40 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 88.71% 97.56% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 81 19 96
10th Percentile £25,000 £37,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £39,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,100 £70,000
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) IFS Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 2 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IFS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft