Functional Testing Job Trends in Dorset

Functional Testing
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.15% 0.87% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.99% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £47,250 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 -
90th Percentile - £57,750 -
South West median annual salary £32,500 £56,785 £40,000
% change year-on-year -42.77% +41.96% -36.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 503 203 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 75.30% 88.26% 85.37%
Number of salaries quoted 267 122 583
10th Percentile £28,600 £29,775 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £69,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,952
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.04% -3.86%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Dorset

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 21 May 2026. 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
Poole -8 1 £45,000 -14.29%
Functional Testing
South West

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL