Test Assurance Job Trends in Reading

Test Assurance
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.081% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £40,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Test Assurance 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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 908 444 1,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 73.34% 84.73% 82.49%
Number of salaries quoted 629 235 967
10th Percentile £34,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,110 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -13.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +10.85% -11.67%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in Reading

Test Assurance
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) COSO
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CA Agile Central