Design for Test Job Trends in Essex

Design for Testability (DFT)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £82,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 922 517 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 66.43% 81.42% 72.86%
Number of salaries quoted 682 333 331
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +5.02%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Test relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Design for Test job vacancy trend in Essex

Design for Test
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Design for Test.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Design for Test

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware