Black-Box Testing Job Trends

Black-Box Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Black-Box Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 693 702
Rank change year-on-year +52 +9 -113
Permanent jobs citing Black-Box Testing 10 18 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.033% 0.021%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.036% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 9
10th Percentile £48,165 £30,200 £31,750
25th Percentile £48,936 £51,563 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,313 £55,000
90th Percentile - £71,250 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.75% +16.67% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Black-Box Testing 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Black-Box Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Black-Box Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Black-Box Testing job vacancy trend in the UK

Black-Box Testing
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Black-Box Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Black-Box Testing

Black-Box Testing
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Black-Box Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +83 9 £62,500 +19.05% 8
England +73 9 £62,500 +4.17% 7
London +26 4 £62,500 -7.41% 1
UK excluding London +57 3 £51,058 -2.75% 6
East Midlands - 3 £51,058 -
Midlands - 3 £51,058 -

Black-Box Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) PuTTY
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (30.00%) Burp Suite
2 3 (30.00%) Metasploit
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) QA Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) Automation Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) QA Automation Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Security Specialist
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) BSS Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (10.00%) Senior BSS Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior OSS Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
1 1 (10.00%) WSDL
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Insider Threat
1 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (70.00%) White-Box Testing
2 6 (60.00%) AI
2 6 (60.00%) QA Automation
2 6 (60.00%) Test Planning
2 6 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 5 (50.00%) Fintech
3 5 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (30.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Offensive Security
4 3 (30.00%) Open Source
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Red Team
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CCNA
1 3 (30.00%) CEH
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (30.00%) CISMP
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
1 3 (30.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (30.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) GIAC
1 3 (30.00%) GPEN
1 3 (30.00%) MCP
1 3 (30.00%) MCSE
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (30.00%) OSCP
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) QA
2 3 (30.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Nmap
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft