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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 622 498 353
Rank change year-on-year -124 -145 +77
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 224 446 1,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.55% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.58% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 142 234 541
10th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,250 £85,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the UK

Functional Testing
Top 15 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 26 July 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 -122 207 £50,000 -13.04% 39
UK excluding London -127 177 £50,000 -9.09% 39
Work from Home -16 78 £58,700 +6.73% 22
Midlands -14 49 £55,600 +17.05% 5
West Midlands +28 48 £58,700 +26.51% 3
South East -60 47 £44,500 -8.25% 12
North of England +12 45 £47,500 -17.39% 8
London +3 39 £52,460 -13.25% 9
North West +8 30 £46,500 -11.43% 5
East of England -31 15 £57,500 +5.50% 4
Yorkshire +47 14 £50,000 -37.50% 1
Scotland -42 12 £29,138 -36.49% 1
South West -38 9 £40,000 -38.46% 4
North East -13 1 £47,148 +34.71% 2
East Midlands -51 1 £36,000 -34.55% 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 12 (5.36%) Confluence
2 4 (1.79%) WildFly
3 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.89%) WordPress
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 91 (40.63%) Azure
2 68 (30.36%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (17.41%) Azure AI
3 39 (17.41%) IBM Cloud
4 23 (10.27%) AWS
5 20 (8.93%) GitHub
5 20 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
5 20 (8.93%) PaaS
6 18 (8.04%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (6.70%) IaaS
7 15 (6.70%) SaaS
8 7 (3.13%) BrowserStack
8 7 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.34%) Contentful
10 2 (0.89%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.45%) GCP
11 1 (0.45%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.57%) RS-232
2 5 (2.23%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.23%) Wireless
3 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.45%) FlexRay
4 1 (0.45%) Internet
4 1 (0.45%) IPsec
4 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.13%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.23%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.23%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.23%) Redis
4 4 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.89%) Big Data
5 2 (0.89%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.45%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 33 (14.73%) JIRA
2 31 (13.84%) Selenium
3 19 (8.48%) Postman
4 16 (7.14%) Git
4 16 (7.14%) MSTest
5 15 (6.70%) SonarQube
6 14 (6.25%) JMeter
7 13 (5.80%) SoapUI
8 12 (5.36%) Visual Studio
9 10 (4.46%) LoadRunner
10 9 (4.02%) Cucumber
11 8 (3.57%) Cypress.io
12 7 (3.13%) Bitbucket
12 7 (3.13%) SpecFlow
13 6 (2.68%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (2.23%) Appium
14 5 (2.23%) HP UFT
14 5 (2.23%) JUnit
14 5 (2.23%) NUnit
14 5 (2.23%) Subversion
General
1 57 (25.45%) Public Sector
2 52 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 34 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.27%) Finance
5 13 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.91%) Electronics
6 11 (4.91%) Marketing
7 9 (4.02%) Retail
8 8 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.13%) Legal
9 7 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.13%) Police
10 3 (1.34%) Law
11 2 (0.89%) Back Office
11 2 (0.89%) Banking
11 2 (0.89%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.89%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Publishing
11 2 (0.89%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 37 (16.52%) Senior
2 31 (13.84%) Analyst
3 29 (12.95%) Test Engineer
4 21 (9.38%) Lead
5 20 (8.93%) Test Analyst
6 18 (8.04%) Developer
7 14 (6.25%) Test Leader
8 12 (5.36%) .NET Developer
9 10 (4.46%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.46%) Test Manager
10 9 (4.02%) QA Engineer
10 9 (4.02%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Senior .NET Developer
11 7 (3.13%) Senior Manager
12 6 (2.68%) Author
12 6 (2.68%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Software Test Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Technical Author
12 6 (2.68%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.05%) .NET
2 15 (6.70%) ARM Templates
2 15 (6.70%) Azure Blueprints
2 15 (6.70%) REST
3 12 (5.36%) Web Services
4 10 (4.46%) XML
5 9 (4.02%) Node.js
5 9 (4.02%) React
5 9 (4.02%) SOAP
6 8 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (3.57%) Kafka
6 8 (3.57%) MSMQ
6 8 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
7 7 (3.13%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.13%) Spring
7 7 (3.13%) WCF
8 5 (2.23%) ADO
8 5 (2.23%) JSON
8 5 (2.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 5 (2.23%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.41%) Blockchain
1 39 (17.41%) Distributed Systems
1 39 (17.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (12.05%) Product Ownership
3 26 (11.61%) Management Information System
4 20 (8.93%) Onboarding
5 17 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (7.14%) Mobile App
7 10 (4.46%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (4.02%) IoT
9 8 (3.57%) Graphic Design
10 7 (3.13%) BBC
10 7 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (2.68%) Algorithms
11 6 (2.68%) Animation
11 6 (2.68%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.23%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.79%) CCTV
14 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 41 (18.30%) Linux
2 39 (17.41%) Alpine Linux
2 39 (17.41%) CentOS
2 39 (17.41%) Debian
3 8 (3.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (48.66%) Test Automation
2 101 (45.09%) Agile
3 96 (42.86%) DevOps
4 85 (37.95%) Software Testing
5 66 (29.46%) CI/CD
6 63 (28.13%) Non-Functional Testing
7 49 (21.88%) Regression Testing
8 45 (20.09%) Test Strategy
9 43 (19.20%) Artificial Intelligence
10 42 (18.75%) Scrum
10 42 (18.75%) Technology Transformation
10 42 (18.75%) Test Scripting
11 41 (18.30%) Performance Testing
11 41 (18.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 40 (17.86%) Co-Creation
12 40 (17.86%) Software Engineering
13 39 (17.41%) Data Science
13 39 (17.41%) Mentoring
13 39 (17.41%) Separation of Concerns
13 39 (17.41%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 43 (19.20%) C#
2 35 (15.63%) SQL
3 20 (8.93%) Python
4 17 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 16 (7.14%) Java
6 6 (2.68%) C
6 6 (2.68%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.23%) C++
8 4 (1.79%) PHP
8 4 (1.79%) VB
9 2 (0.89%) Scala
9 2 (0.89%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.45%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 53 (23.66%) Degree
2 39 (17.41%) Azure Certification
2 39 (17.41%) MCSA
2 39 (17.41%) MCSE
2 39 (17.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (15.18%) Security Cleared
4 24 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (9.82%) ISTQB
6 20 (8.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (4.91%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.02%) ISEB
9 6 (2.68%) CSPO
9 6 (2.68%) CTC Cleared
9 6 (2.68%) IIBA
9 6 (2.68%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.23%) HND
10 5 (2.23%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.79%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.89%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.89%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (23.66%) QA
2 15 (6.70%) NCSC
3 6 (2.68%) PMO
4 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 2 (0.89%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.89%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.89%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.89%) ISO 13485
5 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.45%) AUTOSAR
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.45%) JTAG
System Software
1 63 (28.13%) Docker
2 7 (3.13%) Firmware
3 5 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (25.89%) Kubernetes
2 54 (24.11%) Terraform
3 15 (6.70%) Ansible
4 5 (2.23%) Grafana
4 5 (2.23%) HP ALM
4 5 (2.23%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (17.86%) IBM
1 40 (17.86%) Red Hat
2 37 (16.52%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.91%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.68%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.23%) HP
5 5 (2.23%) Splunk
6 3 (1.34%) Databricks
6 3 (1.34%) OpenText
6 3 (1.34%) Siebel
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe
7 2 (0.89%) Google
8 1 (0.45%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.45%) CyberTech
8 1 (0.45%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.45%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.45%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle
8 1 (0.45%) SAP
8 1 (0.45%) VMware