Software Testing Jobs in Birmingham

Software Testing
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 74 125
Rank change year-on-year -21 +51 -55
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 53 70 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.94% 3.52% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.67% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 48 14 60
10th Percentile £32,125 - £26,925
25th Percentile £37,500 £22,750 £38,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.73% -34.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,741 £54,688 £78,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £69,625 £85,250
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +8.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,255 1,905 3,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.60% 95.87% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,409 2,307
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,700 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,700 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,550 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Birmingham

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Birmingham

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Birmingham over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Birmingham

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (5.66%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) AWS
2 7 (13.21%) Azure
2 7 (13.21%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) InterSystems Cache
1 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Cucumber
2 7 (13.21%) JIRA
3 5 (9.43%) Postman
4 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.89%) NUnit
4 1 (1.89%) Selenium
General
1 22 (41.51%) Finance
2 21 (39.62%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
4 13 (24.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (16.98%) Banking
6 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
7 6 (11.32%) Electronics
8 4 (7.55%) Automotive
8 4 (7.55%) Financial Institution
8 4 (7.55%) Retail
9 2 (3.77%) Games
9 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.77%) Marketing
9 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) Senior
2 9 (16.98%) QA Engineer
2 9 (16.98%) Tester
3 5 (9.43%) Agile Tester
3 5 (9.43%) Analyst
3 5 (9.43%) QA Tester
3 5 (9.43%) Software Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Developer
4 4 (7.55%) Development Manager
4 4 (7.55%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Full Stack Developer
4 4 (7.55%) IT Development Manager
4 4 (7.55%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 4 (7.55%) Service Desk Specialist
4 4 (7.55%) Test Analyst
5 3 (5.66%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.98%) Spring
1 9 (16.98%) Spring Boot
2 5 (9.43%) .NET
3 4 (7.55%) .NET Core
3 4 (7.55%) HTML
3 4 (7.55%) Web Services
4 2 (3.77%) Playwright
4 2 (3.77%) React
5 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 21 (39.62%) Product Ownership
2 8 (15.09%) Mobile App
2 8 (15.09%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
3 4 (7.55%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) Test Automation
2 30 (56.60%) Agile
3 25 (47.17%) Test Strategy
4 20 (37.74%) Functional Testing
5 17 (32.08%) Mentoring
6 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (28.30%) SDLC
8 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
9 12 (22.64%) Scrum
9 12 (22.64%) User Experience
10 11 (20.75%) DevOps
10 11 (20.75%) Fintech
10 11 (20.75%) Regression Testing
10 11 (20.75%) Test Scripting
11 9 (16.98%) Agile Testing
11 9 (16.98%) BDD
11 9 (16.98%) Non-Functional Testing
11 9 (16.98%) Software Delivery
12 8 (15.09%) Performance Metrics
12 8 (15.09%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.87%) Java
2 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
3 5 (9.43%) Python
4 4 (7.55%) C
4 4 (7.55%) SQL
5 3 (5.66%) C#
6 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 8 (15.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.66%) CSPO
3 3 (5.66%) IIBA
3 3 (5.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (43.40%) QA
2 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.55%) WCAG
3 1 (1.89%) IFRS
3 1 (1.89%) IFRS 17
3 1 (1.89%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (7.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Jaspersoft
3 4 (7.55%) Atlassian
3 4 (7.55%) Citrix
3 4 (7.55%) InterSystems
3 4 (7.55%) VMware
4 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) SAP
6 1 (1.89%) YouTube