JTAG Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring JTAG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 560 564
Rank change year-on-year +56 +4 +191
Permanent jobs citing JTAG 2 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.033% 0.009%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.042% 0.21% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile - £46,875 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,438 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £56,250
90th Percentile - £63,625 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -16.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

JTAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,763 5,645 4,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.29% 15.74% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,506 2,353 3,426
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,300 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.83% +3.51% +0.81%

JTAG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JTAG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

JTAG job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

JTAG
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JTAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JTAG

JTAG
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 JTAG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
South East +24 2 £55,000 -8.33% 9
JTAG
UK

JTAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware