Test Planning Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Test Planning
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Test Planning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.29% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £44,500
75th Percentile £57,500 - £46,750
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £55,000 £37,186 £44,500
% change year-on-year +47.91% -16.44% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 83 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 66.28% 89.25% 84.97%
Number of salaries quoted 144 56 234
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £21,500
25th Percentile £34,674 £32,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £54,375 £60,875
Staffordshire median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% +6.25% -11.11%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Planning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Test Planning
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Test Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA