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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 816 920
Rank change year-on-year +143 +104 +195
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 29 91 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.088% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.10% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 20
10th Percentile £50,624 £34,800 £37,075
25th Percentile £54,747 £51,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,697 £56,975 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.82% +42.44% -11.11%
75th Percentile £81,875 £78,750 £47,879
90th Percentile £89,750 - £68,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,072 £45,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.04% +13.75% -11.11%

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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Assurance in the UK

Test Assurance
Top 7 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 31 May 2025. 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
UK excluding London +115 18 £55,072 +21.04% 7
England +101 18 £82,500 +40.43% 10
South West +93 16 - - 2
Work from Home +93 14 £75,000 +13.21% 7
London +103 2 £82,500 +17.86% 2
Scotland +121 1 £60,394 +38.88%
Wales - 1 £49,750 - 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) GitHub
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (89.66%) WAN
2 25 (86.21%) 5G
2 25 (86.21%) SD-WAN
3 4 (13.79%) DNS
3 4 (13.79%) HTTP
3 4 (13.79%) Internet
3 4 (13.79%) SMTP
3 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
3 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.45%) LAN
4 1 (3.45%) Network Security
4 1 (3.45%) Wireless
4 1 (3.45%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 12 (41.38%) Git
2 8 (27.59%) Visual Studio
3 4 (13.79%) LabVIEW
3 4 (13.79%) Subversion
4 1 (3.45%) JIRA
4 1 (3.45%) JMeter
4 1 (3.45%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.45%) Postman
4 1 (3.45%) Selenium
General
1 16 (55.17%) Analytical Skills
1 16 (55.17%) Presentation Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Electronics
3 9 (31.03%) Marketing
4 8 (27.59%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Automotive
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Finance
6 1 (3.45%) Military
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Senior
2 9 (31.03%) Lead
3 8 (27.59%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Embedded C Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Embedded Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Project Leader
3 8 (27.59%) Senior Project Leader
3 8 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Software Project Leader
3 8 (27.59%) Technical Leader
3 8 (27.59%) Technical Project Leader
4 4 (13.79%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Real Time Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Real Time Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 25 (86.21%) Self-Driving Car
2 16 (55.17%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (44.83%) GNSS
4 4 (13.79%) Algorithms
4 4 (13.79%) FPGA
4 4 (13.79%) MicroBlaze
4 4 (13.79%) Tandem
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Linux
2 8 (27.59%) Unix
2 8 (27.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) Test Automation
2 25 (86.21%) B2B
3 17 (58.62%) Computer Science
3 17 (58.62%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (55.17%) Defect Tracking
4 16 (55.17%) Requirements Analysis
4 16 (55.17%) Software Engineering
4 16 (55.17%) Validation
5 12 (41.38%) Creative Thinking
5 12 (41.38%) Innovative Thinking
5 12 (41.38%) Mentoring
5 12 (41.38%) Project Management
6 9 (31.03%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (31.03%) Product Marketing
7 8 (27.59%) Digital Signal Processing
7 8 (27.59%) Multithreading
7 8 (27.59%) Product Management
7 8 (27.59%) Signal Processing
7 8 (27.59%) Software Architecture
7 8 (27.59%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (44.83%) C++
1 13 (44.83%) Python
2 12 (41.38%) C
3 5 (17.24%) MATLAB
4 4 (13.79%) Bash
4 4 (13.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) HND
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) CWAP
3 1 (3.45%) CWDP
3 1 (3.45%) CWNA
3 1 (3.45%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (55.17%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (13.79%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Intel
2 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft