Test Strategy Jobs in South Wales

Test Strategy
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 97 108
Rank change year-on-year +31 +11 -18
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 3 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.25% 0.42% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.57% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £37,700 - -
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £46,250 £64,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £48,500 £75,200 -
Wales median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +50.00% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 914 1,227 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 77.26% 74.18% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 594 823 549
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,332 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,138 £47,029 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.66% -0.99% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,725 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £71,190 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £37,733 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.15% - -8.63%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in South Wales

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in South Wales

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in South Wales over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in South Wales

Test Strategy
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
Newport -17 2 £39,500 -32.48% 2
Cardiff +31 1 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Test Strategy
Wales

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) API Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce