Test Planning Jobs in England

Test Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 701 805
Rank change year-on-year -46 +104 -46
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 114 173 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.22% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 57 96 216
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,625 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £44,562
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in England

Test Planning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +71 43 £82,000 -3.53% 9
South East 0 29 £62,500 -10.71% 6
West Midlands -16 19 £50,000 - 3
Midlands -50 19 £50,000 - 3
North of England -17 12 £52,000 -3.70% 7
Yorkshire +46 6 £45,000 -10.00% 1
North West -14 6 £52,000 -5.45% 4
South West -32 5 £42,500 - 5
East of England -29 4 £32,211 - 4
Test Planning
UK

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.51%) TWiki
2 1 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.88%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.14%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.75%) Simulink
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.39%) Azure
2 4 (3.51%) Cloud Composer
2 4 (3.51%) Cloud Functions
2 4 (3.51%) dbt
2 4 (3.51%) GCP
2 4 (3.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 4 (3.51%) Snowflake
3 3 (2.63%) AWS
3 3 (2.63%) SaaS
4 2 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.88%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (3.51%) Tableau
3 1 (0.88%) Metadata
3 1 (0.88%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (14.91%) Selenium
2 16 (14.04%) JUnit
3 12 (10.53%) JIRA
3 12 (10.53%) TestRail
4 8 (7.02%) Jenkins
5 7 (6.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (6.14%) Cypress.io
5 7 (6.14%) JMeter
5 7 (6.14%) WebDriver
6 4 (3.51%) eggPlant
7 3 (2.63%) NUnit
7 3 (2.63%) SpecFlow
8 2 (1.75%) Postman
8 2 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.75%) TestNG
9 1 (0.88%) Appium
9 1 (0.88%) GitLab
9 1 (0.88%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.88%) Maven
General
1 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (18.42%) Finance
4 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.14%) Aerospace
5 7 (6.14%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.39%) Automotive
6 5 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Police
7 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.88%) Aviation
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (31.58%) Lead
2 33 (28.95%) Analyst
3 21 (18.42%) Senior
4 16 (14.04%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (13.16%) Test Analyst
6 9 (7.89%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 8 (7.02%) Business Analyst
7 8 (7.02%) Senior Business Analyst
7 8 (7.02%) Test Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Test Leader
9 5 (4.39%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 5 (4.39%) Test Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Tester
10 3 (2.63%) Consultant
10 3 (2.63%) QA Engineer
10 3 (2.63%) Software Tester
10 3 (2.63%) Systems Engineer
11 2 (1.75%) Financial Analyst
11 2 (1.75%) Systems Test Engineer
11 2 (1.75%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.02%) REST
1 8 (7.02%) Web Services
2 7 (6.14%) Apache Thrift
2 7 (6.14%) JSON
2 7 (6.14%) React
3 6 (5.26%) XML
4 2 (1.75%) RESTful
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Felix
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Sling
5 1 (0.88%) CSS
5 1 (0.88%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.88%) HTML
5 1 (0.88%) HTML5
5 1 (0.88%) J2EE
5 1 (0.88%) MACH
5 1 (0.88%) OSGi
5 1 (0.88%) Spring
5 1 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.18%) Product Ownership
2 18 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (14.04%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.75%) Cyberattack
6 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Acoustics
7 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.88%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.88%) FPGA
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.88%) Social Media
7 1 (0.88%) Verilog
7 1 (0.88%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.51%) Windows
1 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
1 4 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (78.95%) Agile
2 82 (71.93%) Test Automation
3 54 (47.37%) Software Testing
4 49 (42.98%) Test Strategy
5 38 (33.33%) Test Management
6 36 (31.58%) Mentoring
7 31 (27.19%) Test Scripting
8 30 (26.32%) SDLC
9 27 (23.68%) SDET
10 24 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (20.18%) Computer Science
11 23 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (19.30%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (18.42%) Performance Testing
14 20 (17.54%) Regression Testing
15 19 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (16.67%) Functional Testing
15 19 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
16 17 (14.91%) OO
17 16 (14.04%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.81%) Java
2 12 (10.53%) SQL
3 9 (7.89%) C#
3 9 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.26%) Python
5 4 (3.51%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.63%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.75%) C
7 2 (1.75%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.88%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 33 (28.95%) Degree
2 24 (21.05%) ISTQB
3 22 (19.30%) Security Cleared
4 15 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (12.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (11.40%) DV Cleared
7 7 (6.14%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.39%) ISEB
9 4 (3.51%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.75%) HND
11 1 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.88%) MCSE
11 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (26.32%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.88%) DO-254
2 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Firmware
2 1 (0.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.26%) Google
3 2 (1.75%) BT
3 2 (1.75%) MicroStrategy
3 2 (1.75%) SAP
4 1 (0.88%) Actel
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe
4 1 (0.88%) Altera
4 1 (0.88%) Intel
4 1 (0.88%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (0.88%) Microsemi
4 1 (0.88%) Remedy
4 1 (0.88%) SnapLogic
4 1 (0.88%) Workday
4 1 (0.88%) Xilinx