TestOps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring TestOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TestOps over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 896 904 1262
Rank change year-on-year +8 +358 -294
Permanent jobs citing TestOps 8 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.016% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.017% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £48,000 £53,750 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £55,625 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,912 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% -0.94% +66.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £68,860 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,000 £71,132 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +66.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

TestOps 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 90,810 88,242 165,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.65% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,635 53,650 83,244
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,818 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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% +8.81%

TestOps
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for TestOps in the UK

TestOps
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TestOps.

Salary trend for TestOps in the UK

TestOps
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestOps within the UK over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Work from Home +34 5 £50,000 -19.24%
England +21 5 £55,000 -11.16% 7
UK excluding London -62 4 £52,500 -4.55% 8
West Midlands -20 3 £55,000 -
Midlands -47 3 £55,000 -
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

TestOps
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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 14001