Test Planning Jobs in the Midlands

Test Planning
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Test Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Planning over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 272 327
Rank change year-on-year -51 +55 -36
Permanent jobs citing Test Planning 20 34 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.42% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 37
10th Percentile - - £33,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,725 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - - £55,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Test Planning 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,125 8,190 10,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.22% 96.43% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,655 4,352 6,986
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,656 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,001
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in the Midlands

Test Planning
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Test Planning in the Midlands

Test Planning
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Planning in the Midlands

Test Planning
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Planning within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands -23 20 £50,000 - 1
Test Planning
England

Test Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (10.00%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Appium
1 1 (5.00%) JUnit
1 1 (5.00%) Maven
1 1 (5.00%) Selenium
1 1 (5.00%) TestNG
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Test Leader
3 2 (10.00%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Test Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) UAT Lead
3 2 (10.00%) UAT Test Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Validation Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (5.00%) RESTful
1 1 (5.00%) Spring
1 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Mobile App
1 14 (70.00%) Product Ownership
1 14 (70.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 19 (95.00%) Agile
2 19 (95.00%) Test Scripting
3 17 (85.00%) Functional Testing
3 17 (85.00%) Performance Testing
4 16 (80.00%) Regression Testing
4 16 (80.00%) Software Testing
4 16 (80.00%) Test Strategy
5 15 (75.00%) Mentoring
6 14 (70.00%) Computer Science
6 14 (70.00%) Data Management
6 14 (70.00%) Performance Metrics
6 14 (70.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 14 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (70.00%) Resource Allocation
6 14 (70.00%) SDLC
6 14 (70.00%) Security Testing
6 14 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (70.00%) Test Management
7 3 (15.00%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) C
2 2 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 14 (70.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes