Functional Testing Job Trends in Essex

Functional Testing
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £85,000 £53,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +60.38% -15.20% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

Functional 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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 884 293 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 73.48% 83.71% 81.68%
Number of salaries quoted 547 162 580
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £31,746 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £64,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,625 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Essex

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Essex region over the 6 months to 22 April 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
Chelmsford - 3 £85,000 -
Functional Testing
East of England

Functional Testing
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) IFS Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 3 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IFS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft