Test Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 769 784 817
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 -81
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 135 209 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 67 102 233
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,750 £40,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +12.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £56,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -8.93% +8.74% +14.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Test Planning is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in the UK

Test Planning
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +12 117 £52,500 -19.23% 35
UK excluding London -40 88 £51,000 -8.93% 28
London +110 42 £82,000 -3.53% 12
Work from Home +91 41 £62,500 +8.70% 11
South East +19 29 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Midlands +6 22 £50,000 - 6
West Midlands +11 21 £50,000 - 4
North of England +13 12 £52,000 -10.34% 5
Scotland -57 12 £67,500 - 3
South West -25 9 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire +55 6 £45,000 -28.00%
North West -5 6 £52,000 -9.57% 5
Wales +8 2 £65,000 - 2
East of England -5 2 £32,211 - 2
East Midlands -7 1 - - 2

Test Planning
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 (2.96%) TWiki
2 2 (1.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.74%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.48%) Simulink
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.15%) Azure
2 9 (6.67%) BlazeMeter
3 8 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.44%) AWS
5 4 (2.96%) Cloud Composer
5 4 (2.96%) Cloud Functions
5 4 (2.96%) dbt
5 4 (2.96%) GCP
5 4 (2.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 4 (2.96%) SaaS
5 4 (2.96%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.74%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.96%) Tableau
4 1 (0.74%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.74%) Metadata
4 1 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (17.78%) JIRA
2 18 (13.33%) Cypress.io
3 17 (12.59%) Selenium
4 16 (11.85%) Jenkins
5 15 (11.11%) JMeter
5 15 (11.11%) JUnit
6 13 (9.63%) Maven
7 11 (8.15%) TestRail
8 10 (7.41%) Cucumber
9 9 (6.67%) Gradle
10 7 (5.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (5.19%) WebDriver
11 4 (2.96%) eggPlant
12 2 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (1.48%) TestNG
13 1 (0.74%) Git
13 1 (0.74%) LabVIEW
13 1 (0.74%) NUnit
13 1 (0.74%) SpecFlow
13 1 (0.74%) Subversion
General
1 47 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.93%) Finance
3 34 (25.19%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.41%) Marketing
6 9 (6.67%) Law
7 7 (5.19%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.70%) Aerospace
8 5 (3.70%) Automotive
8 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Police
9 2 (1.48%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.74%) Aviation
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Military
10 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Publishing
10 1 (0.74%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (27.41%) Analyst
1 37 (27.41%) Lead
2 27 (20.00%) Senior
3 20 (14.81%) Senior Analyst
4 15 (11.11%) Test Analyst
5 13 (9.63%) QA Engineer
6 10 (7.41%) Test Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Business Analyst
7 9 (6.67%) Java Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) QA Software Engineer
7 9 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
7 9 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
9 5 (3.70%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 5 (3.70%) Test Leader
9 5 (3.70%) Test Manager
9 5 (3.70%) Tester
10 4 (2.96%) Architect
10 4 (2.96%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.85%) React
2 13 (9.63%) Spring
2 13 (9.63%) Spring Boot
3 9 (6.67%) Ext JS
3 9 (6.67%) REST
3 9 (6.67%) Web Services
4 7 (5.19%) Apache Thrift
4 7 (5.19%) JSON
5 5 (3.70%) RESTful
6 4 (2.96%) Hibernate
7 3 (2.22%) XML
8 1 (0.74%) Apache Felix
8 1 (0.74%) Apache Sling
8 1 (0.74%) CSS
8 1 (0.74%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.74%) HTML
8 1 (0.74%) HTML5
8 1 (0.74%) J2EE
8 1 (0.74%) MACH
8 1 (0.74%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.26%) Product Ownership
2 17 (12.59%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 9 (6.67%) Market Risk
5 7 (5.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.48%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.74%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.74%) NHS
8 1 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.96%) Windows
1 4 (2.96%) Windows Server
1 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (80.74%) Agile
2 94 (69.63%) Test Automation
3 70 (51.85%) Software Testing
4 48 (35.56%) Test Strategy
5 44 (32.59%) Mentoring
6 41 (30.37%) Test Scripting
7 37 (27.41%) SDLC
8 35 (25.93%) Test Management
9 34 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (21.48%) Regression Testing
10 29 (21.48%) SDET
11 28 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (15.56%) Computer Science
14 20 (14.81%) Functional Testing
14 20 (14.81%) Manual Testing
14 20 (14.81%) Performance Testing
15 19 (14.07%) CI/CD
15 19 (14.07%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (14.07%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.15%) Java
2 19 (14.07%) JavaScript
2 19 (14.07%) SQL
3 13 (9.63%) C#
4 6 (4.44%) Python
5 5 (3.70%) C
6 4 (2.96%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.22%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.48%) MATLAB
8 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.74%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (24.44%) Degree
2 24 (17.78%) ISTQB
3 20 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 14 (10.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (10.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 11 (8.15%) DV Cleared
6 7 (5.19%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.70%) ISEB
8 2 (1.48%) HND
8 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.74%) MCSE
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (29.63%) QA
2 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.74%) Def Stans
System Software
1 5 (3.70%) Docker
2 4 (2.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) TOWER Software
3 6 (4.44%) Google
4 2 (1.48%) BT
4 2 (1.48%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (1.48%) SAP
5 1 (0.74%) Adobe
5 1 (0.74%) Murex
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle
5 1 (0.74%) Remedy
5 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.74%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.74%) SnapLogic
5 1 (0.74%) Workday