Test Assurance Jobs

Test Assurance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Test Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Assurance 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 755 833 1125
Rank change year-on-year +78 +292 -310
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 87 54 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.067% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.070% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 38
10th Percentile £50,850 £40,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £54,419 £50,000 £34,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £56,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +15.46% -3.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £51,925
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,975 £50,000 £44,750
% change year-on-year +13.95% +11.73% -10.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Test Assurance 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%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the UK

Test Assurance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance.

Salary trend for Test Assurance in the UK

Test Assurance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Assurance over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Assurance in the UK

Test Assurance
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Assurance 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 +88 85 £61,250 +22.50% 3
UK excluding London +19 82 £56,975 +13.95% 3
South West +23 40 £60,000 -7.69% 1
South East +40 38 £55,000 +21.32% 2
Work from Home +50 34 £77,500 +38.39% 2
London +81 4 £70,000 +7.69%
West Midlands -7 2 £46,750 -6.50%
Midlands -26 2 £46,750 -6.50%
Scotland -44 1 £56,975 +34.06%
East of England - 1 - - 1

Test Assurance
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 4 (4.60%) TWiki
2 2 (2.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.05%) Azure
1 7 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (4.60%) GitHub
3 3 (3.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (44.83%) 5G
1 39 (44.83%) SD-WAN
1 39 (44.83%) WAN
2 1 (1.15%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (22.99%) Selenium
2 10 (11.49%) TestRail
3 9 (10.34%) eggPlant
4 4 (4.60%) Git
4 4 (4.60%) LabVIEW
5 3 (3.45%) Postman
6 2 (2.30%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.30%) JIRA
6 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.15%) GitLab
7 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.15%) JMeter
7 1 (1.15%) JUnit
7 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (1.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 46 (52.87%) Social Skills
2 30 (34.48%) Aerospace
3 26 (29.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (26.44%) Electronics
4 23 (26.44%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (13.79%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.30%) Finance
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Back Office
8 1 (1.15%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (20.69%) Automation Tester
1 18 (20.69%) Tester
2 16 (18.39%) GNSS Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) RF Engineer
3 13 (14.94%) Lead
4 11 (12.64%) Analyst
4 11 (12.64%) Project Leader
4 11 (12.64%) Technical Leader
4 11 (12.64%) Technical Project Leader
4 11 (12.64%) Test Analyst
5 10 (11.49%) Test Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) Developer
6 8 (9.20%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 8 (9.20%) FPGA Developer
6 8 (9.20%) Software Project Leader
7 4 (4.60%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Product Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Product Test Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) Test Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) GNSS
1 16 (18.39%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (12.64%) FPGA
3 8 (9.20%) MicroBlaze
3 8 (9.20%) Robotics
3 8 (9.20%) VHDL
4 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.15%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (26.44%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Linux
2 9 (10.34%) Windows Server
2 9 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (94.25%) Test Automation
2 45 (51.72%) Agile
3 44 (50.57%) Mentoring
3 44 (50.57%) Requirements Analysis
4 43 (49.43%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (44.83%) B2B
6 30 (34.48%) Collaborative Working
7 28 (32.18%) Project Delivery
8 24 (27.59%) Actionable Insight
9 23 (26.44%) Requirements Gathering
10 22 (25.29%) Test Scripting
11 20 (22.99%) Defect Tracking
12 19 (21.84%) Coaching
12 19 (21.84%) Computer Science
12 19 (21.84%) Creative Thinking
13 18 (20.69%) Technical Analysis
14 16 (18.39%) Customer Engagement
15 15 (17.24%) Project Management
15 15 (17.24%) Software Testing
16 14 (16.09%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.39%) C++
2 15 (17.24%) MATLAB
3 8 (9.20%) C
3 8 (9.20%) Perl
3 8 (9.20%) Tcl
3 8 (9.20%) VB
4 4 (4.60%) Python
5 1 (1.15%) C#
5 1 (1.15%) Java
5 1 (1.15%) SQL
5 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 38 (43.68%) Degree
3 33 (37.93%) DV Cleared
4 15 (17.24%) ISTQB
5 13 (14.94%) SC Cleared
6 11 (12.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (4.60%) HND
8 3 (3.45%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.30%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (1.15%) PMP
10 1 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (49.43%) QA
2 11 (12.64%) PMO
3 3 (3.45%) JTAG
4 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (9.20%) Firmware
2 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 9 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.20%) Altera
2 8 (9.20%) Green Hills
2 8 (9.20%) Motorola
2 8 (9.20%) Xilinx
3 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.15%) BT
3 1 (1.15%) HP
3 1 (1.15%) SAP
3 1 (1.15%) Splunk