Test Assurance Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Test Assurance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.029% - 0.058%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 - £47,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Test Assurance 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 4,851 3,430 4,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.33% 89.84% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,425 1,477 2,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,263
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.13% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,082
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Test Assurance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Berkshire - 2 £40,000 - 1
Test Assurance
South East

Test Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) COSO
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CA Agile Central