Functional Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Functional Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 487 308
Rank change year-on-year -76 -179 +111
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 210 283 807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.46% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.48% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 125 123 267
10th Percentile £32,700 £38,300 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% +11.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £63,250 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Functional Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,360 58,686 66,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.63% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 41,074 30,149 41,547
10th Percentile £27,041 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the UK excluding London

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the UK excluding London

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the UK excluding London

Functional Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
South East +18 65 £49,000 -2.00% 12
Midlands +41 53 £50,000 -11.11% 8
West Midlands +56 48 £50,000 - 2
North of England +3 47 £47,500 -17.39% 17
North West +15 30 £47,500 -17.39% 11
East of England -16 22 £62,500 +38.89% 11
Yorkshire +60 16 £50,000 -23.08% 3
South West -32 13 £34,579 -42.22% 9
Scotland -78 8 £35,776 -25.90% 2
East Midlands -28 5 £49,329 -29.53% 6
Wales +13 2 £33,000 -37.73% 1
North East -9 1 - - 3
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.71%) Confluence
2 3 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.43%) WordPress
3 1 (0.48%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 70 (33.33%) Azure
2 54 (25.71%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (19.05%) IBM Cloud
4 24 (11.43%) AWS
5 13 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.29%) GitHub
6 9 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (4.29%) PaaS
6 9 (4.29%) SaaS
7 8 (3.81%) IaaS
8 6 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.43%) Contentful
10 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) Internet
2 4 (1.90%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.90%) RS-232
2 4 (1.90%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.90%) Wireless
3 1 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.33%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.38%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.90%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.48%) MS Access
6 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (13.81%) JIRA
2 16 (7.62%) MSTest
3 15 (7.14%) Selenium
4 14 (6.67%) Postman
5 13 (6.19%) Git
6 12 (5.71%) Cucumber
6 12 (5.71%) JMeter
7 9 (4.29%) LoadRunner
8 8 (3.81%) SoapUI
8 8 (3.81%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.86%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.86%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.86%) Subversion
9 6 (2.86%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (2.86%) Visual Studio
10 5 (2.38%) HP UFT
11 3 (1.43%) Appium
11 3 (1.43%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.95%) Bugzilla
12 2 (0.95%) IntelliJ
General
1 48 (22.86%) Public Sector
2 47 (22.38%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (21.90%) Social Skills
4 23 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (9.52%) Finance
6 10 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.76%) Marketing
6 10 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.29%) Legal
8 6 (2.86%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.86%) Police
8 6 (2.86%) Retail
9 5 (2.38%) Banking
10 3 (1.43%) Publishing
11 2 (0.95%) Aviation
11 2 (0.95%) Law
11 2 (0.95%) Military
11 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 38 (18.10%) Senior
2 29 (13.81%) Analyst
3 25 (11.90%) Test Analyst
4 24 (11.43%) Developer
5 23 (10.95%) Test Engineer
6 15 (7.14%) .NET Developer
7 13 (6.19%) Senior Developer
8 11 (5.24%) QA Engineer
8 11 (5.24%) Tester
9 8 (3.81%) Senior .NET Developer
9 8 (3.81%) Software Developer
10 7 (3.33%) Lead
10 7 (3.33%) Senior Test Engineer
10 7 (3.33%) Software Test Engineer
10 7 (3.33%) Test Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Author
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) Technical Author
11 6 (2.86%) Test Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.33%) .NET
2 15 (7.14%) Web Services
3 11 (5.24%) Kafka
3 11 (5.24%) MSMQ
3 11 (5.24%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
4 10 (4.76%) REST
4 10 (4.76%) WCF
5 9 (4.29%) Spring
5 9 (4.29%) Spring Boot
6 8 (3.81%) ARM Templates
6 8 (3.81%) Azure Blueprints
7 7 (3.33%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.33%) React
8 6 (2.86%) SOAP
9 5 (2.38%) JSON
9 5 (2.38%) Node.js
9 5 (2.38%) XML
10 4 (1.90%) CSS
10 4 (1.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 40 (19.05%) Blockchain
2 40 (19.05%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (19.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (10.48%) Management Information System
4 16 (7.62%) Algorithms
4 16 (7.62%) Data Structures
4 16 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (7.14%) Mobile App
6 14 (6.67%) Video\Live Streaming
7 11 (5.24%) IoT
8 9 (4.29%) Graphic Design
8 9 (4.29%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.86%) Animation
10 4 (1.90%) CCTV
10 4 (1.90%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.90%) PMI
11 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 41 (19.52%) Linux
2 40 (19.05%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (19.05%) CentOS
2 40 (19.05%) Debian
3 5 (2.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) Android
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (43.81%) Test Automation
2 91 (43.33%) Agile
3 89 (42.38%) Software Testing
4 82 (39.05%) DevOps
5 65 (30.95%) CI/CD
6 51 (24.29%) Non-Functional Testing
7 47 (22.38%) Scrum
8 46 (21.90%) Test Strategy
9 43 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
11 40 (19.05%) Artificial Intelligence
11 40 (19.05%) Co-Creation
11 40 (19.05%) Data Science
11 40 (19.05%) Separation of Concerns
11 40 (19.05%) Task Automation
12 38 (18.10%) User Acceptance Testing
13 36 (17.14%) Test Scripting
14 35 (16.67%) Regression Testing
15 33 (15.71%) Computer Science
16 31 (14.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.05%) C#
2 28 (13.33%) SQL
3 17 (8.10%) Java
4 16 (7.62%) Python
5 12 (5.71%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.29%) C
7 5 (2.38%) Embedded C
7 5 (2.38%) PHP
7 5 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.90%) VB
9 3 (1.43%) Scala
9 3 (1.43%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 43 (20.48%) Degree
2 41 (19.52%) Azure Certification
3 40 (19.05%) MCSA
3 40 (19.05%) MCSE
3 40 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (10.48%) Security Cleared
6 19 (9.05%) ISTQB
7 12 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (5.24%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.81%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.86%) CSPO
10 6 (2.86%) CTC Cleared
10 6 (2.86%) IIBA
11 5 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.90%) ISEB
12 4 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (1.90%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (21.43%) QA
2 8 (3.81%) NCSC
3 4 (1.90%) PMO
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (25.24%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.95%) Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (24.76%) Kubernetes
2 48 (22.86%) Terraform
3 8 (3.81%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.48%) Kibana
4 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (19.52%) IBM
1 41 (19.52%) Red Hat
2 31 (14.76%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 11 (5.24%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.43%) Adobe
5 3 (1.43%) Databricks
6 2 (0.95%) Google
6 2 (0.95%) Splunk
7 1 (0.48%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.48%) HP
7 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.48%) VMware