Test Planning Job Trends in County Down

Test Planning
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Test Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 0.72% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Down

Test Planning 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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 120 16 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 86.33% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £53,750 - £27,000
25th Percentile £58,125 - £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +113.08% -12.40% -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £44,688
90th Percentile - - £49,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,408
% change year-on-year -18.18% +1.09% +8.82%

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality