Design for Test Jobs in England

Design for Testability (DFT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Design for Test skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Design for Test over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 831 901
Rank change year-on-year +167 +70 +238
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 12 10 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.012% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.014% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 1
10th Percentile £39,000 £63,400 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £80,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £100,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +90.48% -27.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £110,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £53,871
% change year-on-year -9.09% +42.93% +7.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Design for Test 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 46,624 73,570 84,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.18% 85.07% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,570 53,896 50,325
10th Percentile £29,991 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design for Test as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Test in England

Design for Test
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design for Test in England.

Salary trend for Design for Test in England

Design for Test
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design for Test in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design for Test in England

Design for Test
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Test within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2025. 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
South East +90 8 £70,000 -30.00% 12
East of England - 3 £55,000 - 21
Midlands +61 1 £40,000 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 2
Design for Test
UK

Design for Test
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) 2G
1 3 (25.00%) 3G
1 3 (25.00%) 4G
1 3 (25.00%) 5G
1 3 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (91.67%) Electronics
2 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Electronics Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Senior
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Design Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Hardware Design Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) VHDL
2 3 (25.00%) IoT
3 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA
3 1 (8.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 6 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 6 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
3 4 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Functional Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 1 (8.33%) Motion Capture
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Telematics
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) HNC
3 1 (8.33%) HND
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) EMC
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft