Testing Specialist Job Trends in Hampshire

Testing Specialist
South East > Hampshire

The median Testing Specialist salary in Hampshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.031% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 3,110 1,483 3,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 93.51% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,208 1,120 2,721
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,625
25th Percentile £37,406 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,875 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,875 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Testing Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Testing Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Testing Specialist job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Testing Specialist
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for Testing Specialist job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for Testing Specialist job vacancies in Hampshire

Testing Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 7 April 2026, Testing Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Testing Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Testing Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) VMware