Test Specialist Jobs in England

Test Specialist
UK > England

The median Test Specialist salary in England is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 822 945 1119
Rank change year-on-year +123 +174 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Specialist 14 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.017% 0.005% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.006% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 5
10th Percentile - £43,250 £37,700
25th Percentile £21,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £58,750 £81,250
90th Percentile - £64,000 -
UK median annual salary £26,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -50.48% -19.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Test Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in England

Test Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Specialist in England

Test Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Specialist in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Specialist in England

Test Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +137 9 £24,500 -53.33%
South East +22 5 - - 1
Test Specialist
UK

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Test Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 8 (57.14%) JMeter
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
4 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 4 (28.57%) Python
5 4 (28.57%) LDAP
5 4 (28.57%) IntelliJ
5 4 (28.57%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) JIRA
5 4 (28.57%) Selenium
5 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Performance Testing
5 4 (28.57%) AWS
5 4 (28.57%) WebDriver
5 4 (28.57%) Confluence
5 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 4 (28.57%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
6 3 (21.43%) User Stories

Test Specialist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) JMeter
2 4 (28.57%) IntelliJ
2 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 4 (28.57%) Selenium
2 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio Code
2 4 (28.57%) WebDriver
3 1 (7.14%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) LDAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
4 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Functional Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) TDD
4 3 (21.43%) Time Management
4 3 (21.43%) Usability Testing
4 3 (21.43%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle