Design for Test Job Trends in Staffordshire

Design for Testability (DFT)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Design for Test 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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 982 424 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 73.39% 68.72% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 512 199 626
10th Percentile £27,775 £28,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,580 £28,214
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £39,500 £40,060
Median % change year-on-year +32.91% -1.40% -10.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,000 £63,125
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Test relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Design for Test job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Design for Test
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design for Test within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Stafford - 3 - -
Design for Test
West Midlands

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Electronics Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Test Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) FMEA
1 3 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree