Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Smoke Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 313 | 279 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -34 | +162 |
| Permanent jobs citing Smoke Testing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South East | - | 0.009% | 0.013% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.011% | 0.014% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £40,000 | £27,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +45.45% | -45.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £42,500 | £28,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £31,000 | £36,243 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.47% | -30.97% | +5.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South East
Smoke 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 the South East.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 7,542 | 9,211 | 7,178 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 86.33% | 81.25% | 93.27% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,561 | 4,830 | 5,007 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £32,750 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,750 | £42,500 | £41,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.64% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £70,000 | £69,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | - |
Smoke Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Smoke Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Smoke Testing
Salary Trend in the South East
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Smoke Testing.
