Test Strategy Job Trends in Wiltshire

Test Strategy
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 0.70% - 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% - 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £53,250 - £43,875
25th Percentile £54,375 - £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.80%
75th Percentile £69,375 - £72,500
90th Percentile £69,750 - -
South West median annual salary £71,250 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +29.55% -21.43% +30.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Test Strategy 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 in Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 442 589 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 77.00% 76.69% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 281 355 447
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £27,800
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Test Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Test Strategy

Test Strategy
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Corsham - 3 £62,500 -
Chippenham - 1 - - 1
Test Strategy
South West

Test Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) API Testing
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow