Software Tester Jobs in the Midlands

Software Tester
England > Midlands

The median Software Tester salary in the Midlands is £34,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 191 345
Rank change year-on-year -114 +154 -73
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 6 139 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.051% 1.46% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 1.63% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 15
10th Percentile £28,750 £23,375 £25,050
25th Percentile £32,688 £27,875 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.30% +1.54% -27.78%
75th Percentile £57,188 £37,500 £38,125
90th Percentile £63,750 £43,500 £43,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +8.75% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,044 8,539 10,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 89.54% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,253 4,765 7,104
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in the Midlands

Software Tester
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Tester in the Midlands

Software Tester
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Tester in the Midlands

Software Tester
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 Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
East Midlands -38 4 £46,000 +39.39%
West Midlands -80 2 £32,500 +18.18% 1
Software Tester
England

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Software 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 Midlands region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (33.33%) Git
5 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (33.33%) JIRA
5 2 (33.33%) QA
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Bash
5 2 (33.33%) SoapUI
5 2 (33.33%) REST
5 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 2 (33.33%) Internet
5 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (33.33%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) SOAP
5 2 (33.33%) Linux
5 2 (33.33%) Python
5 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
5 2 (33.33%) HTTP
5 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) HTTP
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Postman
1 2 (33.33%) SoapUI
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) SDLC
5 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
5 2 (33.33%) Sprint Review
5 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft