Test Strategy Job Trends in Portsmouth

Test Strategy
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 56 34
Rank change year-on-year +10 -22 +51
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 3 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.81% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.73% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £46,750 £52,000 -
25th Percentile £47,875 £53,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -26.67% -
75th Percentile £59,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.26% +6.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

Test Strategy 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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 340 410 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 91.64% 75.79% 92.45%
Number of salaries quoted 154 293 155
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,500
Hampshire median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +0.92%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Portsmouth

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Test Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Test Strategy

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA