Functional Testing Jobs in England

Functional Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 605 502 349
Rank change year-on-year -103 -153 +77
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 254 441 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.53% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.56% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 166 263 458
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £33,175
25th Percentile £43,188 £44,519 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% -1.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £61,963 £72,500 £79,688
90th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Functional Testing 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 78,129 78,899 137,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.94% 95.45% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55,773 48,272 73,854
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,309 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £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%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in England.

Salary trend for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in England

Functional Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East -2 66 £50,750 +1.50% 16
London -58 60 £52,500 -8.70% 17
Midlands -10 52 £50,000 -9.09% 14
West Midlands +28 47 £50,000 -9.09% 8
North of England +5 42 £50,000 -13.04% 14
North West -5 26 £47,500 -17.39% 11
East of England -44 23 £62,500 +60.26% 11
Yorkshire +46 15 £50,000 -32.20% 2
South West -61 9 £40,000 -36.00% 8
East Midlands -49 5 £49,329 -29.53% 6
North East -20 1 - - 1
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
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 6 (2.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.18%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.18%) WordPress
3 1 (0.39%) Appian
3 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 83 (32.68%) Azure
2 64 (25.20%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (15.75%) Azure AI
3 40 (15.75%) IBM Cloud
4 24 (9.45%) AWS
5 13 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (4.33%) GitHub
6 11 (4.33%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (4.33%) PaaS
6 11 (4.33%) SaaS
7 10 (3.94%) IaaS
8 6 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.18%) Contentful
10 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.79%) Serverless
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) SonarCloud
11 1 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.15%) Wireless
2 5 (1.97%) Internet
3 4 (1.57%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.57%) RS-232
3 4 (1.57%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.54%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.97%) DynamoDB
3 5 (1.97%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.57%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.18%) Big Data
6 2 (0.79%) Power BI
7 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.39%) MS Access
7 1 (0.39%) MySQL
7 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (14.17%) JIRA
2 28 (11.02%) Selenium
3 16 (6.30%) Postman
4 14 (5.51%) JMeter
5 12 (4.72%) Cucumber
6 11 (4.33%) SoapUI
7 10 (3.94%) LoadRunner
7 10 (3.94%) MSTest
7 10 (3.94%) SonarQube
7 10 (3.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (3.15%) Git
9 5 (1.97%) Appium
9 5 (1.97%) HP UFT
9 5 (1.97%) JUnit
9 5 (1.97%) Subversion
10 3 (1.18%) Bugzilla
10 3 (1.18%) TestNG
10 3 (1.18%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.79%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.79%) TestComplete
General
1 56 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.65%) Public Sector
3 41 (16.14%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.48%) Finance
5 16 (6.30%) Police
6 14 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.12%) Electronics
7 13 (5.12%) Legal
8 12 (4.72%) Marketing
9 10 (3.94%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.15%) Retail
12 6 (2.36%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.36%) Banking
13 4 (1.57%) Law
14 3 (1.18%) Local Government
14 3 (1.18%) Publishing
15 2 (0.79%) Back Office
15 2 (0.79%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 59 (23.23%) Analyst
2 51 (20.08%) Senior
3 49 (19.29%) Test Analyst
4 26 (10.24%) Developer
5 17 (6.69%) Senior Developer
6 16 (6.30%) Test Engineer
7 12 (4.72%) Test Manager
8 11 (4.33%) .NET Developer
8 11 (4.33%) Tester
9 9 (3.54%) Lead
10 8 (3.15%) QA Engineer
10 8 (3.15%) Senior .NET Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.15%) Test Leader
11 7 (2.76%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.76%) Senior Software Developer
12 6 (2.36%) Author
12 6 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (2.36%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.63%) .NET
2 12 (4.72%) REST
2 12 (4.72%) Web Services
3 10 (3.94%) ARM Templates
3 10 (3.94%) Azure Blueprints
3 10 (3.94%) React
4 9 (3.54%) Kafka
4 9 (3.54%) MSMQ
4 9 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
5 8 (3.15%) ASP.NET Web API
6 7 (2.76%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.76%) WCF
7 5 (1.97%) CSS
7 5 (1.97%) HTML
7 5 (1.97%) JSON
7 5 (1.97%) SOAP
7 5 (1.97%) Spring
7 5 (1.97%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.97%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 5 (1.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (16.14%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (15.75%) Blockchain
2 40 (15.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (15.35%) Product Ownership
4 29 (11.42%) Management Information System
5 19 (7.48%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (7.09%) Algorithms
6 18 (7.09%) Data Structures
7 17 (6.69%) Mobile App
8 11 (4.33%) Onboarding
8 11 (4.33%) Video\Live Streaming
9 9 (3.54%) Graphic Design
10 7 (2.76%) IoT
11 6 (2.36%) Animation
11 6 (2.36%) BBC
11 6 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.57%) CCTV
12 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.93%) Linux
2 40 (15.75%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (15.75%) CentOS
2 40 (15.75%) Debian
3 6 (2.36%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (43.31%) Agile
2 108 (42.52%) Software Testing
2 108 (42.52%) Test Automation
3 95 (37.40%) DevOps
4 66 (25.98%) Non-Functional Testing
5 60 (23.62%) Regression Testing
5 60 (23.62%) User Acceptance Testing
6 57 (22.44%) Test Strategy
7 56 (22.05%) CI/CD
8 50 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (19.29%) Scrum
10 46 (18.11%) Performance Testing
11 43 (16.93%) Artificial Intelligence
11 43 (16.93%) Technology Transformation
12 41 (16.14%) Co-Creation
12 41 (16.14%) Computer Science
13 40 (15.75%) Data Science
13 40 (15.75%) Separation of Concerns
13 40 (15.75%) Task Automation
14 38 (14.96%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 45 (17.72%) C#
2 30 (11.81%) Python
3 26 (10.24%) SQL
4 23 (9.06%) Java
5 14 (5.51%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.54%) C
7 6 (2.36%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.97%) Embedded C
8 5 (1.97%) PHP
9 4 (1.57%) VB
10 3 (1.18%) C++
10 3 (1.18%) Scala
10 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (24.41%) Degree
2 40 (15.75%) Azure Certification
2 40 (15.75%) MCSA
2 40 (15.75%) MCSE
2 40 (15.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (11.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (10.24%) Security Cleared
5 20 (7.87%) ISTQB
6 13 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.72%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.94%) ISEB
8 10 (3.94%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.36%) CSPO
9 6 (2.36%) CTC Cleared
9 6 (2.36%) IIBA
9 6 (2.36%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (22.83%) QA
2 10 (3.94%) NCSC
3 9 (3.54%) GDPR
4 6 (2.36%) PMO
5 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.79%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.79%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (23.23%) Docker
2 15 (5.91%) Firmware
3 12 (4.72%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 56 (22.05%) Kubernetes
2 50 (19.69%) Terraform
3 10 (3.94%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) Grafana
4 1 (0.39%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.39%) Kibana
4 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (16.14%) IBM
1 41 (16.14%) Red Hat
2 29 (11.42%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.51%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.33%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.36%) Google
6 4 (1.57%) Databricks
7 3 (1.18%) Adobe
8 2 (0.79%) Oracle
8 2 (0.79%) Splunk
9 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.39%) HP
9 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.39%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.39%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.39%) VMware