Exploratory Testing Job Trends in Taunton

Exploratory Testing
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 1.61% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,125 - -
90th Percentile £50,750 - -
Somerset median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Taunton

Exploratory Testing 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 Taunton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 149 24 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 80.11% 75.00% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 120 15 15
10th Percentile £28,000 - £12,000
25th Percentile £32,688 - £18,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £15,423 £36,214
Median % change year-on-year +175.56% -57.41% -19.86%
75th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,250 £66,250
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% -

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Exploratory Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Taunton.

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Taunton

Exploratory Testing
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Exploratory Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Exploratory Testing

Exploratory Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JMeter
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Cypress.io
2 2 (66.67%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Playwright
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Load Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) WCAG