Test Assurance Job Trends in the South East

Test Assurance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 - 332
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 2 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.011% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.016% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £47,500
75th Percentile - - £48,750
90th Percentile - - £54,000
England median annual salary £62,500 - £61,250
% change year-on-year - - +22.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,462 7,876 11,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.38% 87.76% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,945 4,230 7,070
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,986 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,125 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in the South East

Test Assurance
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Test Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Berkshire - 2 £40,000 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £40,000 - 1
Test Assurance
England

Test Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) COSO
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CA Agile Central