Data-Driven Testing Job Trends in England

Data-Driven Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data-Driven Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 - 828
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Testing 5 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% - 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% - 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 - £65,000
75th Percentile £52,500 - £79,719
90th Percentile - - £135,250
UK median annual salary £48,750 - £65,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data-Driven 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,697 36,481 76,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.91% 92.81% 82.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,672 19,839 55,609
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Data-Driven Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data-Driven Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Data-Driven Testing job vacancy trend in England

Data-Driven Testing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data-Driven Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data-Driven Testing

Data-Driven Testing
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London - 3 £47,500 - 1
Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
Data-Driven Testing
UK

Data-Driven Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Postman
2 2 (40.00%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Automation Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) QA Leader
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Playwright
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) BDD
3 2 (40.00%) Build Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Accessibility