JTAG Job Trends in the South East

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring JTAG skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 340 -
Rank change year-on-year +46 - -
Permanent jobs citing JTAG 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.022% 0.015% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £101,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +83.64% +4.76% -12.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

JTAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,400 1,502 1,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.68% 11.60% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 721 791 833
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £81,000
England median annual salary £56,745 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.31% -4.17% +6.67%

JTAG
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing JTAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for JTAG in the South East

JTAG
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JTAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing JTAG

JTAG
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JTAG within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Hampshire - 2 £55,000 -
JTAG
England

JTAG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware