Design for Test Jobs in the Thames Valley

Design for Testability (DFT)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Design for Test skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Design for Test over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 245 257
Rank change year-on-year +66 +12 +13
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 1 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.030% 0.015% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.018% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,500
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £100,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +90.48% +48.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,149 5,697 5,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.92% 84.80% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 3,925 3,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,375 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Design for Test as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Design for Test in the Thames Valley

Design for Test
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design for Test in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Design for Test in the Thames Valley

Design for Test
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Design for Test
South East

Design for Test
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Motion Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree