Test Strategy Jobs in the South East

Test Strategy
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 280 249
Rank change year-on-year -47 -31 +8
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 74 110 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.41% 0.80% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.85% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 50 45 132
10th Percentile - £32,900 £45,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £58,999
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.01% +7.27%
75th Percentile £60,625 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,250 £84,000 £82,375
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.55% +5.20% +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,831 12,988 19,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.99% 94.36% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,186 7,705 11,814
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £78,339 £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 Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the South East

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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 Strategy within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire -3 43 £47,500 +28.38% 4
Surrey -8 17 £65,000 -1.89% 6
Thames Valley -35 9 £46,000 -7.54% 1
Berkshire +24 8 £43,750 -33.71%
Kent -11 4 £42,500 - 1
West Sussex +6 1 - - 2
Buckinghamshire -42 1 £47,500 -10.38% 1
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England

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.49%) SaaS
2 8 (10.81%) Azure
3 5 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.70%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) GCP
4 2 (2.70%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.70%) BigQuery
2 2 (2.70%) Looker
3 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.35%) MySQL
3 1 (1.35%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (37.84%) Selenium
2 12 (16.22%) Git
2 12 (16.22%) Subversion
2 12 (16.22%) Visual Studio
3 9 (12.16%) JIRA
4 5 (6.76%) Postman
5 4 (5.41%) Cypress.io
5 4 (5.41%) TestRail
6 2 (2.70%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.35%) eggPlant
7 1 (1.35%) GitLab
7 1 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (1.35%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 25 (33.78%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (16.22%) Electronics
4 10 (13.51%) Finance
5 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Marketing
6 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.70%) Advertising
7 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (20.27%) Lead
2 14 (18.92%) Analyst
3 12 (16.22%) Applications Engineer
3 12 (16.22%) QA Leader
3 12 (16.22%) Software Engineer
4 11 (14.86%) QA Analyst
4 11 (14.86%) QA Test Analyst
4 11 (14.86%) Test Analyst
4 11 (14.86%) Test Leader
5 10 (13.51%) Test Manager
6 9 (12.16%) Test Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.41%) Software Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Automation Test Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Business Manager
8 3 (4.05%) Developer
8 3 (4.05%) QA Automation Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) QA Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Software Test Manager
9 2 (2.70%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.62%) .NET
2 12 (16.22%) .NET Framework
2 12 (16.22%) Qt
3 4 (5.41%) Swagger
4 3 (4.05%) JSON
4 3 (4.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (4.05%) WPF
5 2 (2.70%) SOAP
5 2 (2.70%) XML
6 1 (1.35%) ADO
6 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.35%) CSS
6 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
6 1 (1.35%) HTML
6 1 (1.35%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Distributed Systems
1 13 (17.57%) IoT
2 12 (16.22%) Robotics
3 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.35%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.35%) SCADA
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.35%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 24 (32.43%) Windows
2 12 (16.22%) Linux
2 12 (16.22%) Ubuntu
2 12 (16.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (56.76%) Test Automation
2 34 (45.95%) Software Testing
3 26 (35.14%) Agile
4 23 (31.08%) DevOps
5 22 (29.73%) E-Commerce
6 21 (28.38%) Web Testing
7 18 (24.32%) Change Management
8 17 (22.97%) Test Scripting
9 16 (21.62%) Software Engineering
10 14 (18.92%) User Experience
11 13 (17.57%) Time Management
11 13 (17.57%) Web Development
12 12 (16.22%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (16.22%) Software Architecture
13 11 (14.86%) Manual Testing
14 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (10.81%) Line Management
15 8 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
16 7 (9.46%) Computer Science
16 7 (9.46%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.22%) C
2 11 (14.86%) C++
3 8 (10.81%) C#
4 6 (8.11%) SQL
5 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (32.43%) ISTQB
2 23 (31.08%) Degree
3 9 (12.16%) ISEB
4 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.35%) HNC
6 1 (1.35%) HND
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (41.89%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Docker
1 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Ansible
1 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) Oracle
3 3 (4.05%) Micro Focus
3 3 (4.05%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.70%) Google
4 2 (2.70%) Medallia
4 2 (2.70%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.35%) Thales