Test Harness Job Trends in England

Test Harness
UK > England

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

 6 months to
30 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 741 649 738
Rank change year-on-year -92 +89 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Harness 8 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.008% 0.018% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.021% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 9
10th Percentile - £47,628 £54,800
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,397 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% -19.39% -13.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,407 £72,500
90th Percentile - £68,750 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,397 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.57% -19.39% +23.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Test Harness 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 71,357 38,940 57,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.40% 88.80% 81.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50,719 22,637 35,999
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

Test Harness
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Harness relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Test Harness job vacancy trend in England

Test Harness
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Test Harness.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Test Harness

Test Harness
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Harness within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
South West -71 3 - - 2
London - 3 - - 6
East Midlands -29 1 £50,000 -28.57%
Midlands -37 1 £50,000 -28.57%
East of England - 1 £50,000 -
Test Harness
UK

Test Harness
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 3 (37.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
1 3 (37.50%) Aviation
1 3 (37.50%) Avionics
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Development Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Product Development Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
1 3 (37.50%) AngularJS
1 3 (37.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (37.50%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 3 (37.50%) Robotics
3 1 (12.50%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) AI
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Cost Control
3 3 (37.50%) Data Science
3 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (37.50%) Line Management
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Memory Management
3 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 3 (37.50%) Microservices
3 3 (37.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Observability
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 4 (50.00%) C++
3 3 (37.50%) Ada
3 3 (37.50%) Ada 95
3 3 (37.50%) C#
3 3 (37.50%) Java
3 3 (37.50%) Rust
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
1 3 (37.50%) MIL-STD-1553
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
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