Test Planning Job Trends in the South East

Test Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Test Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 294 250
Rank change year-on-year +39 -44 +131
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 21 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.20% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.16% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 11
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £49,303 £46,250 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% +8.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile - £70,925 £70,000
90th Percentile - £71,250 -
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +2.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Test Planning 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 8,394 8,137 6,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.93% 87.63% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,969 4,002 4,895
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £44,106 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,300
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Test Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Test Planning
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Test Planning
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in the South East

Test Planning
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 Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 +51 10 £75,900 +58.13% 4
Thames Valley +18 6 - - 1
Berkshire - 6 - -
Isle of Wight -9 4 £65,610 -7.07% 1
Kent -12 1 £75,900 +68.67%
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Database
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (61.90%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (9.52%) Git
2 2 (9.52%) Ranorex
2 2 (9.52%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Electronics
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 6 (28.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (57.14%) Principal Engineer
2 12 (57.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Lead
3 6 (28.57%) Test Leader
4 3 (14.29%) Automation Test Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Software Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) XML
1 2 (9.52%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Systems Engineering
2 12 (57.14%) Signal Processing
2 12 (57.14%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (38.10%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (33.33%) Agile
4 7 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 6 (28.57%) Integration Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
5 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 6 (28.57%) Source to Pay
5 6 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Test Management
5 6 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 6 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Validation
6 5 (23.81%) Test Automation
7 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
8 2 (9.52%) Document Management
8 2 (9.52%) OOP
8 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) C#
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (61.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 5 (23.81%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) IBM
2 6 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle