Software Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Software Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 50 97
Rank change year-on-year -87 +47 -21
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 227 519 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.74% 6.07% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 6.29% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 139 119 261
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £35,000 £33,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £50,510 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.80% +1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Software 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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,426 8,254 10,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.81% 96.48% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,458 4,379 6,963
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,276 £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 £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
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 Software Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 -89 137 £45,000 -5.26% 33
East Midlands -56 90 £49,329 +12.11% 38
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.96%) IIS
2 4 (1.76%) Confluence
3 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.88%) WinCC
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Simulink
3 1 (0.44%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.88%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.82%) Azure
2 34 (14.98%) AWS
3 12 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.32%) GitHub
7 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.44%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.44%) PaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.44%) SaaS
8 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.96%) WAN
2 6 (2.64%) DVB
3 4 (1.76%) FlexRay
3 4 (1.76%) Modbus
3 4 (1.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.32%) Firewall
5 2 (0.88%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.88%) HTTP
5 2 (0.88%) Internet
5 2 (0.88%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.96%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.52%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.08%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (2.20%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.76%) InterSystems Cache
7 2 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.44%) Redis
8 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (10.57%) JIRA
2 13 (5.73%) Postman
3 9 (3.96%) Cucumber
4 8 (3.52%) SoapUI
5 7 (3.08%) LabVIEW
6 6 (2.64%) Visual Studio
7 5 (2.20%) Git
7 5 (2.20%) MSTest
8 3 (1.32%) Appium
8 3 (1.32%) Gatling
8 3 (1.32%) GitLab
8 3 (1.32%) JBehave
8 3 (1.32%) JMeter
8 3 (1.32%) JUnit
8 3 (1.32%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.88%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.88%) CANoe
9 2 (0.88%) Selenium
9 2 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
General
1 63 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 60 (26.43%) Retail
3 52 (22.91%) Legal
4 34 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (11.89%) Finance
6 18 (7.93%) Automotive
6 18 (7.93%) Manufacturing
7 17 (7.49%) Electronics
8 14 (6.17%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.96%) Banking
11 6 (2.64%) Law
12 5 (2.20%) Marketing
13 4 (1.76%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.76%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.32%) Games
15 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (28.19%) Analyst
2 54 (23.79%) Business Analyst
3 26 (11.45%) Lead
3 26 (11.45%) Senior
4 24 (10.57%) Developer
4 24 (10.57%) Lead Business Analyst
5 22 (9.69%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 22 (9.69%) Team Leader
6 21 (9.25%) Software Engineer
7 16 (7.05%) Embedded Engineer
7 16 (7.05%) Systems Engineer
7 16 (7.05%) Tester
8 14 (6.17%) Software Developer
8 14 (6.17%) Test Engineer
9 11 (4.85%) Development Manager
10 9 (3.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (3.52%) Design Engineer
11 8 (3.52%) QA Engineer
12 7 (3.08%) Software Architect
12 7 (3.08%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.25%) .NET
2 13 (5.73%) REST
3 8 (3.52%) HTML
3 8 (3.52%) SOAP
3 8 (3.52%) WinForms
4 6 (2.64%) React
4 6 (2.64%) Spring
4 6 (2.64%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.20%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.20%) JSON
5 5 (2.20%) XML
6 4 (1.76%) CSS
6 4 (1.76%) Web Services
7 3 (1.32%) Playwright
8 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.88%) CSS3
8 2 (0.88%) KnockoutJS
8 2 (0.88%) SignalR
8 2 (0.88%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.22%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.69%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.17%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.41%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (3.96%) Clustering
5 9 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.96%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.08%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.64%) FPGA
7 6 (2.64%) VHDL
8 5 (2.20%) Device Driver
8 5 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.76%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.88%) Arduino
10 2 (0.88%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.88%) SCADA
11 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.44%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.61%) Linux
2 12 (5.29%) Windows
3 6 (2.64%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.20%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (2.20%) Unix
5 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (36.12%) SDLC
2 80 (35.24%) Agile
3 68 (29.96%) Test Automation
4 65 (28.63%) Resource Allocation
5 61 (26.87%) Coaching
6 57 (25.11%) Process Improvement
7 55 (24.23%) Business Analysis
8 54 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (23.35%) Logistics
10 51 (22.47%) Business Process Analysis
10 51 (22.47%) Business Process Improvement
10 51 (22.47%) Disaster Recovery
10 51 (22.47%) Feasibility Study
10 51 (22.47%) GAP Analysis
10 51 (22.47%) Impact Assessments
10 51 (22.47%) ITIL
10 51 (22.47%) Requirements Analysis
10 51 (22.47%) Stakeholder Analysis
10 51 (22.47%) Telematics
11 39 (17.18%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 41 (18.06%) SQL
2 28 (12.33%) C
2 28 (12.33%) C#
3 27 (11.89%) Java
4 14 (6.17%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.17%) Python
5 13 (5.73%) C++
6 8 (3.52%) Embedded C
6 8 (3.52%) VB.NET
7 7 (3.08%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.20%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.76%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.76%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.32%) Ruby
11 2 (0.88%) Bash
11 2 (0.88%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.44%) Lua
12 1 (0.44%) R
12 1 (0.44%) VB
12 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (40.97%) Degree
2 16 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.41%) ISTQB
3 10 (4.41%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.76%) IIBA
5 3 (1.32%) CSPO
6 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.44%) CBAP
6 1 (0.44%) ISEB
6 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (37.44%) QA
2 4 (1.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.76%) WCAG
3 3 (1.32%) ISO 26262
4 2 (0.88%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (0.88%) AUTOSAR
4 2 (0.88%) MISRA
5 1 (0.44%) IFRS
5 1 (0.44%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.44%) JTAG
5 1 (0.44%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (5.73%) Firmware
2 9 (3.96%) VMware NSX
3 7 (3.08%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (2.20%) Docker
5 3 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.44%) Grafana
2 1 (0.44%) Kibana
Vendors
1 46 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.05%) VMware
3 6 (2.64%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (1.76%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.76%) Citrix
4 4 (1.76%) InterSystems
4 4 (1.76%) SAP
4 4 (1.76%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.88%) Rockwell
6 2 (0.88%) Siemens
7 1 (0.44%) F5
7 1 (0.44%) Google
7 1 (0.44%) IBM
7 1 (0.44%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.44%) Splunk
7 1 (0.44%) YouTube