Design for Test Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Design for Testability (DFT)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.086% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,011 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 - -
75th Percentile £73,140 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £68,076 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 895 390 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 76.82% 94.20% 86.84%
Number of salaries quoted 672 246 871
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,063 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,250 £65,603
90th Percentile £80,250 £82,500 £76,250
North East median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.23%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Design for Test job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Design for Test
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £68,076 -
Design for Test
North East

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility