Test Assurance Jobs in the South East

Test Assurance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Test Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Assurance over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 393 483
Rank change year-on-year +40 +90 -96
Permanent jobs citing Test Assurance 47 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.064% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.068% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £35,300 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,375 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,500 £48,850
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -17.09% +26.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £42,475 £100,000
90th Percentile - £44,354 -
England median annual salary £58,750 £40,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +46.88% -17.53% +29.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Test Assurance 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,553 13,316 19,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.59% 94.48% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,031 7,760 11,884
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Assurance in the South East

Test Assurance
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Assurance in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Assurance in the South East

Test Assurance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Hampshire -8 29 - -
Surrey - 10 £55,000 -
Berkshire - 8 - -
Thames Valley - 8 - -
Test Assurance
England

Test Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.51%) TWiki
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) Azure
1 5 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (55.32%) Selenium
2 12 (25.53%) TestRail
3 9 (19.15%) eggPlant
4 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.13%) JMeter
4 1 (2.13%) Postman
4 1 (2.13%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (74.47%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.13%) Banking
3 1 (2.13%) Finance
3 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 25 (53.19%) Automation Tester
1 25 (53.19%) Tester
2 11 (23.40%) Analyst
2 11 (23.40%) Test Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Test Engineer
5 1 (2.13%) Lead
5 1 (2.13%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) Windows
2 9 (19.15%) Windows Server
2 9 (19.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 45 (95.74%) Agile
3 35 (74.47%) Collaborative Working
4 34 (72.34%) Requirements Analysis
5 33 (70.21%) Actionable Insight
6 29 (61.70%) Mentoring
6 29 (61.70%) Test Scripting
7 25 (53.19%) Coaching
7 25 (53.19%) Technical Analysis
8 16 (34.04%) Test Planning
9 12 (25.53%) Agile Testing
9 12 (25.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 12 (25.53%) Test Management
10 11 (23.40%) Software Testing
11 9 (19.15%) Requirements Gathering
11 9 (19.15%) Roadmaps
12 5 (10.64%) DevOps
12 5 (10.64%) Process Improvement
12 5 (10.64%) Security Testing
13 3 (6.38%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
1 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (93.62%) Security Cleared
2 38 (80.85%) DV Cleared
3 13 (27.66%) ISTQB
3 13 (27.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (19.15%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft