Functional Testing Jobs

Functional Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 510 412
Rank change year-on-year -92 -98 +9
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 166 228 948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.43% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.46% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 122 124 416
10th Percentile £36,825 £37,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £67,500 £78,474
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,325 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +9.28% -5.83% +8.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Functional 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 61,487 49,863 117,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.65% 94.11% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28,400 36,022 72,003
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,680 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,714 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.22% -1.87% +7.00%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in the UK

Functional Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the UK

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the UK

Functional Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 December 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
England -116 156 £55,000 - 82
UK excluding London -115 122 £53,000 +9.28% 64
Work from Home -8 53 £60,000 +14.29% 62
Midlands -37 43 £60,000 +50.00% 5
London -24 38 £69,250 +15.42% 23
North of England -22 36 £46,324 -2.48% 14
North West -28 31 £47,500 - 11
West Midlands -36 25 £60,000 +50.00% 2
South East -100 20 £45,000 -10.00% 20
East Midlands -24 18 £55,000 +15.79% 3
East of England -51 13 £50,000 -28.57% 13
Yorkshire +11 4 £38,743 -53.64% 1
Scotland -4 4 £31,250 -34.29% 2
South West -20 4 £55,000 -16.98% 9
Northern Ireland +20 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £47,148 - 2

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.41%) CICS
2 4 (2.41%) CMS
2 4 (2.41%) Confluence
3 2 (1.20%) Appian
3 2 (1.20%) WildFly
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.20%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.60%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.60%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.60%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.60%) SAP Travel Management
2 1 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 48 (28.92%) Azure
2 45 (27.11%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (17.47%) GitHub
4 26 (15.66%) AWS
5 19 (11.45%) SaaS
6 17 (10.24%) GitHub Actions
6 17 (10.24%) IaaS
6 17 (10.24%) PaaS
7 13 (7.83%) BrowserStack
8 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.81%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.20%) dbt
10 2 (1.20%) Fivetran
10 2 (1.20%) Matillion
10 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.60%) GCP
11 1 (0.60%) Heroku
11 1 (0.60%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.83%) Ethernet
2 12 (7.23%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.41%) RS-232
4 3 (1.81%) DNS
5 2 (1.20%) Firewall
5 2 (1.20%) HTTP
5 2 (1.20%) IPv6
5 2 (1.20%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.60%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.60%) DHCP
6 1 (0.60%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.60%) IPsec
6 1 (0.60%) RFID
6 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (19.88%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.23%) MySQL
3 4 (2.41%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.41%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.41%) Power BI
4 2 (1.20%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (13.25%) JIRA
1 22 (13.25%) Selenium
2 17 (10.24%) SonarQube
3 12 (7.23%) Robot Framework
4 10 (6.02%) SpecFlow
5 9 (5.42%) NUnit
5 9 (5.42%) Visual Studio
6 5 (3.01%) Git
6 5 (3.01%) Postman
6 5 (3.01%) Zephyr
7 4 (2.41%) LabVIEW
7 4 (2.41%) Rational Functional Tester
7 4 (2.41%) TestRail
8 3 (1.81%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.81%) JMeter
9 2 (1.20%) Appium
9 2 (1.20%) Cucumber
9 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.20%) Maven
9 2 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 44 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.88%) Public Sector
3 28 (16.87%) Finance
4 26 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (14.46%) Electronics
5 24 (14.46%) Manufacturing
6 16 (9.64%) Marketing
7 11 (6.63%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.01%) Legal
9 4 (2.41%) Banking
10 3 (1.81%) Advertising
10 3 (1.81%) Law
11 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.20%) Automotive
11 2 (1.20%) Avionics
11 2 (1.20%) Military
12 1 (0.60%) Back Office
12 1 (0.60%) Games
12 1 (0.60%) German Language
12 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (21.69%) Developer
2 29 (17.47%) Lead
3 25 (15.06%) Software Developer
4 21 (12.65%) Senior
5 19 (11.45%) QA Engineer
6 18 (10.84%) .NET Developer
7 17 (10.24%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (9.64%) Test Engineer
9 14 (8.43%) QA Automation Engineer
10 13 (7.83%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (7.83%) Project Manager
11 12 (7.23%) Python Developer
11 12 (7.23%) Senior QA Engineer
11 12 (7.23%) Test Leader
12 11 (6.63%) .NET Software Developer
12 11 (6.63%) Tester
13 10 (6.02%) Senior Automation Engineer
14 9 (5.42%) Technical Manager
15 8 (4.82%) Commercial Manager
15 8 (4.82%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.65%) XML
2 19 (11.45%) .NET
3 17 (10.24%) ARM Templates
3 17 (10.24%) Azure Blueprints
4 13 (7.83%) .NET Framework
5 12 (7.23%) Django
6 8 (4.82%) Spring
7 5 (3.01%) Playwright
7 5 (3.01%) Web Services
8 4 (2.41%) ADO
8 4 (2.41%) REST
9 3 (1.81%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.81%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.81%) SOAP
9 3 (1.81%) WCF
9 3 (1.81%) WinForms
9 3 (1.81%) WPF
10 2 (1.20%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.65%) Management Information System
2 17 (10.24%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.43%) Product Ownership
4 12 (7.23%) Robotics
5 8 (4.82%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (4.82%) Solar Power
6 4 (2.41%) Mainframe
6 4 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.41%) Sports Betting
6 4 (2.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 4 (2.41%) VSAM
7 3 (1.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.81%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.60%) BBC
9 1 (0.60%) Derivative
9 1 (0.60%) Equities
9 1 (0.60%) FPGA
9 1 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.41%) Windows
2 3 (1.81%) Android
2 3 (1.81%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.81%) Linux
3 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.60%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (46.39%) Test Automation
2 63 (37.95%) DevOps
3 60 (36.14%) Non-Functional Testing
4 57 (34.34%) Agile
5 54 (32.53%) Software Testing
6 45 (27.11%) Scrum
7 31 (18.67%) CI/CD
7 31 (18.67%) Mentoring
8 28 (16.87%) Continuous Delivery
8 28 (16.87%) Project Management
9 27 (16.27%) Software Engineering
10 26 (15.66%) Computer Science
10 26 (15.66%) TDD
11 24 (14.46%) Test Scripting
12 22 (13.25%) Test Strategy
13 21 (12.65%) Containerisation
13 21 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
15 19 (11.45%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.69%) Python
2 32 (19.28%) C#
3 25 (15.06%) SQL
4 15 (9.04%) C++
5 6 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.41%) COBOL
6 4 (2.41%) JCL
6 4 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.81%) C
7 3 (1.81%) Java
8 2 (1.20%) ABAP
8 2 (1.20%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.20%) Swift
9 1 (0.60%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.60%) Groovy
9 1 (0.60%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 52 (31.33%) Degree
2 24 (14.46%) Security Cleared
3 20 (12.05%) ISTQB
4 18 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (10.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (6.63%) ISEB
7 7 (4.22%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 7 (4.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (2.41%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.41%) HND
9 3 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (25.30%) QA
2 17 (10.24%) NCSC
3 4 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.41%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.20%) GDPR
4 2 (1.20%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.60%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.60%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) JTAG
5 1 (0.60%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (10.84%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (11.45%) Kubernetes
2 18 (10.84%) Ansible
3 17 (10.24%) Terraform
4 10 (6.02%) HP ALM
5 4 (2.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.83%) HP
2 13 (7.83%) SAP
3 6 (3.61%) OpenText
3 6 (3.61%) Siebel
4 4 (2.41%) IBM
5 2 (1.20%) Informatica
5 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe
6 1 (0.60%) Pega
6 1 (0.60%) Sparx
6 1 (0.60%) Splunk