Tester Jobs in Birmingham

Tester
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Tester salary in Birmingham is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 105 178
Rank change year-on-year -27 +73 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 14 38 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.52% 1.88% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 2.02% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 8
10th Percentile £33,000 - £26,775
25th Percentile £37,500 £22,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +5.60% -13.79%
75th Percentile £45,000 £68,438 £38,125
90th Percentile £47,250 £73,125 £54,625
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +61.54% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,554 1,885 2,992
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.46% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,079 1,441 2,317
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Birmingham

Tester
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Tester in Birmingham

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 8 (57.14%) QA
4 7 (50.00%) Finance
4 7 (50.00%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 7 (50.00%) Fintech
4 7 (50.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (35.71%) Product Ownership
6 5 (35.71%) Agile Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Functional Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Non-Functional Testing
6 5 (35.71%) User Experience
6 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (35.71%) Software Delivery
6 5 (35.71%) Spring Boot
6 5 (35.71%) TDD
6 5 (35.71%) Java
6 5 (35.71%) Scrum
6 5 (35.71%) Spring
6 5 (35.71%) AWS
6 5 (35.71%) Cucumber
6 5 (35.71%) BDD
7 3 (21.43%) 5G
7 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
7 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
7 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
7 3 (21.43%) Banking
8 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing

Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) 5G
2 2 (14.29%) 4G
3 1 (7.14%) 3GPP
3 1 (7.14%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (7.14%) HTTP
3 1 (7.14%) SCTP
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Cucumber
2 2 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) Spring
1 5 (35.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (50.00%) Fintech
3 7 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (35.71%) Agile Testing
4 5 (35.71%) BDD
4 5 (35.71%) Functional Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Non-Functional Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Scrum
4 5 (35.71%) Software Delivery
4 5 (35.71%) TDD
4 5 (35.71%) User Experience
5 3 (21.43%) Test Scripting
6 2 (14.29%) API Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (14.29%) System Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Scheme
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Jaspersoft