TestDirector Job Trends

HP TestDirector for Quality Center
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring TestDirector skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 - 828
Rank change year-on-year - - +175
Permanent jobs citing TestDirector 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.001%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.097% - 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £85,500 - -
25th Percentile £86,250 - £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.16%
75th Percentile £88,750 - £81,250
90th Percentile £89,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £77,500

All Development Application Skills
UK

TestDirector falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,110 4,624 8,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.50% 10.75% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,679 3,075 6,690
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

TestDirector
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TestDirector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

TestDirector job vacancy trend in the UK

TestDirector
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TestDirector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TestDirector

TestDirector
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the UK over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
London - 4 £87,500 -
England - 4 £87,500 - 3

TestDirector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) TestRail
1 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) ERP
3 2 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Operational Stability
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) IFRS
1 2 (50.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (25.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CODA
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) SAP