Test Strategy Jobs in the South East

Test Strategy
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 326 282
Rank change year-on-year +207 -44 -26
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 239 71 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.53% 0.41% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 0.49% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 19 50 46
10th Percentile £47,735 - £33,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.47% -16.25%
75th Percentile £73,125 £60,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -12.12% +5.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Test Strategy 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 8,709 14,487 13,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.03% 83.62% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,196 10,016 7,809
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the South East

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the South East

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the South East

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Thames Valley +194 213 £75,000 +63.04% 109
Buckinghamshire +110 170 £60,500 +27.37% 33
Oxfordshire - 42 £80,000 - 12
West Sussex +47 9 - - 14
Hampshire +34 9 £52,500 +10.53% 54
East Sussex - 5 - - 17
Surrey +39 3 £57,500 -11.54% 23
Berkshire +34 1 £55,000 +25.71% 64
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.42%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.26%) SaaS
2 1 (0.42%) AWS
2 1 (0.42%) Azure
2 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.42%) GitHub
2 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 217 (90.79%) 5G
1 217 (90.79%) Bluetooth
1 217 (90.79%) GSM
1 217 (90.79%) LTE
1 217 (90.79%) UMTS
1 217 (90.79%) Wi-Fi
1 217 (90.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Selenium
2 4 (1.67%) Cypress.io
2 4 (1.67%) Git
2 4 (1.67%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.26%) JIRA
4 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 217 (90.79%) Electronics
2 9 (3.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (1.26%) Finance
4 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.42%) Korean Language
5 1 (0.42%) Legal
5 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 224 (93.72%) Test Engineer
2 217 (90.79%) Electronics Engineer
2 217 (90.79%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 6 (2.51%) Lead
3 6 (2.51%) Software Test Engineer
4 5 (2.09%) Analyst
4 5 (2.09%) Senior
4 5 (2.09%) Senior Test Engineer
4 5 (2.09%) Test Leader
5 4 (1.67%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 4 (1.67%) Test Analyst
6 2 (0.84%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (0.84%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (0.84%) Manual Test Analyst
6 2 (0.84%) QA Analyst
6 2 (0.84%) QA Test Analyst
7 1 (0.42%) Customer Analyst
7 1 (0.42%) Head of Operations
7 1 (0.42%) Senior Web Engineer
7 1 (0.42%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.42%) .NET
2 1 (0.42%) CSS
2 1 (0.42%) HTML
2 1 (0.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 217 (90.79%) Driving Licence
2 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.42%) CCTV
3 1 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (0.42%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
3 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.42%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (91.21%) Mentoring
2 217 (90.79%) Coaching
2 217 (90.79%) Customer Requirements
2 217 (90.79%) Validation
2 217 (90.79%) Verification and Validation
3 11 (4.60%) Test Automation
4 10 (4.18%) Software Testing
5 8 (3.35%) Regression Testing
6 7 (2.93%) Scenario Testing
7 5 (2.09%) CI/CD
7 5 (2.09%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (2.09%) SDLC
7 5 (2.09%) Test Scripting
7 5 (2.09%) User Experience
8 4 (1.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (1.67%) Incident Response
8 4 (1.67%) Manual Testing
8 4 (1.67%) Security Testing
8 4 (1.67%) System Testing
8 4 (1.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.09%) TypeScript
2 3 (1.26%) C#
3 2 (0.84%) Bash
3 2 (0.84%) C++
3 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.84%) SQL
4 1 (0.42%) Python
4 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 218 (91.21%) Degree
2 217 (90.79%) HND
3 3 (1.26%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.42%) ACCA
4 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.42%) ISEB
4 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.09%) QA
2 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.67%) NIST
2 4 (1.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (0.42%) Cognos
1 1 (0.42%) Concur
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle
1 1 (0.42%) SAP