Test Strategy
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 344 285
Rank change year-on-year -141 -59 +113
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 477 970 2,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.97% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.02% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 372 547 963
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,813 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.74% +8.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Test Strategy 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,150 95,114 154,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.20% 95.57% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 59,851 56,202 82,517
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.43%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the UK

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the UK

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the UK

Test Strategy
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England -118 428 £58,700 -11.06% 145
UK excluding London -123 285 £50,000 -2.91% 119
London -45 172 £85,000 +6.25% 49
Work from Home -105 167 £58,600 -14.85% 60
South East -52 70 £47,500 -5.47% 37
Midlands +33 67 £50,000 -13.04% 17
West Midlands +42 57 £50,000 -13.04% 11
North of England -62 54 £50,837 -7.57% 20
South West -20 39 £58,700 +0.17% 10
North West -20 31 £51,674 -6.05% 12
East of England -31 21 £60,000 +17.65% 18
Scotland -105 21 £45,000 +2.27% 12
Yorkshire -5 19 £41,000 -18.00% 4
Wales +3 13 £52,500 +31.25% 3
East Midlands -7 10 £49,329 -21.07% 6
North East -2 4 £55,000 +4.76% 4

Test Strategy
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.82%) Confluence
2 4 (0.84%) Apache
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.63%) CMS
3 3 (0.63%) WordPress
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.42%) Simulink
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) UXPin
5 1 (0.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Distributed Ledger
1 5 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.68%) Azure
2 65 (13.63%) AWS
3 64 (13.42%) SaaS
4 20 (4.19%) GCP
5 17 (3.56%) Google Analytics
6 15 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (2.73%) GitHub
7 13 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (1.89%) PaaS
10 8 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (1.26%) BrowserStack
11 6 (1.26%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.84%) Datadog
12 4 (0.84%) IaaS
13 3 (0.63%) dbt
13 3 (0.63%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.26%) Ethernet
1 6 (1.26%) RS-232
2 4 (0.84%) Bluetooth
2 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.84%) ZigBee
3 2 (0.42%) Firewall
3 2 (0.42%) HTTP
3 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) DHCP
4 1 (0.21%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) Multicast
4 1 (0.21%) SMS
4 1 (0.21%) VLAN
4 1 (0.21%) VPN
4 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.10%) Looker
1 10 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.47%) Big Data
2 7 (1.47%) Redis
3 6 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.26%) Power BI
4 5 (1.05%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.05%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.05%) MySQL
4 5 (1.05%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.05%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.05%) SAP HANA
5 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.42%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.21%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 99 (20.75%) Selenium
2 70 (14.68%) Postman
3 68 (14.26%) JIRA
4 65 (13.63%) Cucumber
5 46 (9.64%) Jenkins
6 30 (6.29%) Cypress.io
6 30 (6.29%) Git
7 25 (5.24%) JUnit
8 15 (3.14%) Appium
8 15 (3.14%) JMeter
8 15 (3.14%) Visual Studio
9 11 (2.31%) SoapUI
9 11 (2.31%) Subversion
9 11 (2.31%) WebDriver
10 9 (1.89%) GitLab
11 8 (1.68%) TeamCity
12 7 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.47%) LoadRunner
13 6 (1.26%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.26%) TestNG
General
1 154 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 101 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (18.45%) Finance
4 58 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 40 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (6.71%) Electronics
7 22 (4.61%) Banking
8 21 (4.40%) Law
9 19 (3.98%) Legal
9 19 (3.98%) Public Sector
10 17 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (3.56%) Manufacturing
10 17 (3.56%) Marketing
11 16 (3.35%) Retail
12 8 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.68%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.84%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 104 (21.80%) Lead
2 61 (12.79%) Senior
3 52 (10.90%) Analyst
4 49 (10.27%) Test Manager
5 46 (9.64%) Test Engineer
6 36 (7.55%) Test Leader
6 36 (7.55%) Tester
7 30 (6.29%) QA Engineer
8 26 (5.45%) Test Analyst
9 20 (4.19%) QA Leader
10 14 (2.94%) Business Analyst
10 14 (2.94%) Developer
10 14 (2.94%) Test Automation Engineer
11 13 (2.73%) Engineering Manager
11 13 (2.73%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.52%) Architect
12 12 (2.52%) Penetration Tester
13 11 (2.31%) Applications Engineer
13 11 (2.31%) QA Analyst
13 11 (2.31%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.90%) REST
2 31 (6.50%) .NET
3 17 (3.56%) JSON
4 16 (3.35%) React
4 16 (3.35%) Web Services
4 16 (3.35%) WebdriverIO
5 15 (3.14%) .NET Framework
6 13 (2.73%) Gherkin
7 11 (2.31%) Qt
8 10 (2.10%) Playwright
9 9 (1.89%) Spring
9 9 (1.89%) Spring Boot
10 8 (1.68%) HTML
10 8 (1.68%) RESTful
11 7 (1.47%) Apache Thrift
11 7 (1.47%) CSS
11 7 (1.47%) Node.js
12 6 (1.26%) Swagger
13 5 (1.05%) Smart Contracts
13 5 (1.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.43%) Product Ownership
2 41 (8.60%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 17 (3.56%) IoT
5 16 (3.35%) Robotics
6 13 (2.73%) Analogue Electronics
6 13 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.31%) Algorithms
9 10 (2.10%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
10 8 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.47%) Credit Derivative
11 7 (1.47%) Derivative
11 7 (1.47%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.47%) FMCG
11 7 (1.47%) Hedge funds
11 7 (1.47%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 7 (1.47%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.29%) Windows
2 25 (5.24%) Linux
3 11 (2.31%) Ubuntu
3 11 (2.31%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.26%) Android
4 6 (1.26%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (54.30%) Test Automation
2 204 (42.77%) Agile
3 160 (33.54%) Software Testing
4 103 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (21.17%) CI/CD
6 85 (17.82%) Test Management
7 76 (15.93%) API Testing
8 75 (15.72%) Mentoring
9 73 (15.30%) User Acceptance Testing
10 72 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 72 (15.09%) Test Scripting
11 67 (14.05%) BDD
11 67 (14.05%) Functional Testing
12 66 (13.84%) SDET
13 62 (13.00%) Computer Science
13 62 (13.00%) Regression Testing
14 61 (12.79%) DevOps
15 58 (12.16%) Project Management
16 57 (11.95%) Scrum
17 56 (11.74%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.61%) Java
2 44 (9.22%) JavaScript
2 44 (9.22%) Python
2 44 (9.22%) SQL
3 30 (6.29%) C#
4 21 (4.40%) C
5 13 (2.73%) C++
6 11 (2.31%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.05%) Bash
7 5 (1.05%) Scala
8 4 (0.84%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.63%) PHP
10 2 (0.42%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.42%) VB
10 2 (0.42%) VBA
11 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.21%) Perl
11 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (20.75%) Degree
2 56 (11.74%) ISTQB
3 48 (10.06%) Security Cleared
4 37 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (6.71%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.08%) ISEB
7 11 (2.31%) OSCP
8 8 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.26%) CSPO
10 6 (1.26%) IIBA
11 5 (1.05%) CAPM
11 5 (1.05%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.05%) PMP
12 4 (0.84%) ISEB Practitioner
12 4 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.63%) CEH
13 3 (0.63%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (40.67%) QA
2 12 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.31%) GRC
4 9 (1.89%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.47%) NIST
6 3 (0.63%) COBIT
6 3 (0.63%) GDPR
6 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (2.10%) Docker
2 7 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.26%) Grafana
2 5 (1.05%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.05%) Kibana
2 5 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.63%) Terraform
3 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.42%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Iperf
5 1 (0.21%) Nmap
5 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 46 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.66%) Google
3 12 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.31%) Oracle
4 11 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 7 (1.47%) SAP
6 6 (1.26%) Databricks
6 6 (1.26%) Splunk
7 5 (1.05%) HP
7 5 (1.05%) UiPath
8 4 (0.84%) IBM
9 3 (0.63%) Ahrefs
9 3 (0.63%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.63%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.63%) Kenshoo
9 3 (0.63%) Micro Focus
9 3 (0.63%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.63%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.63%) VMware
10 2 (0.42%) Medallia