Test Strategy Jobs in the West Midlands

Test Strategy
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 232 191
Rank change year-on-year +37 -41 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 58 33 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.79% 0.52% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.53% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 50 11 53
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £41,523
25th Percentile £41,563 £47,766 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £84,250
90th Percentile £72,500 - £84,999
England median annual salary £58,700 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +3.85% +11.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Test Strategy 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,104 6,186 6,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.82% 96.81% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,565 3,200 4,712
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,025 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the West Midlands

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the West Midlands

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the West Midlands

Test Strategy
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham +22 28 £50,000 -26.42% 4
Warwickshire +31 6 - - 1
Solihull - 6 £50,000 -
Staffordshire - 2 £58,750 -
Coventry +30 1 £40,000 +25.00% 2
Shropshire -7 1 - - 1
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 3 (5.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) AWS
2 4 (6.90%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) GitHub
4 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.72%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.72%) MySQL
1 1 (1.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Cucumber
2 8 (13.79%) JIRA
3 5 (8.62%) Postman
4 1 (1.72%) Git
4 1 (1.72%) GitLab
General
1 31 (53.45%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 17 (29.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (17.24%) Finance
5 8 (13.79%) Legal
6 6 (10.34%) Banking
7 4 (6.90%) Automotive
8 2 (3.45%) Electronics
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Tester
2 11 (18.97%) QA Engineer
3 9 (15.52%) Test Manager
4 8 (13.79%) Penetration Tester
5 7 (12.07%) Test Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Agile Tester
6 5 (8.62%) Programme Manager
6 5 (8.62%) Programme Test Manager
6 5 (8.62%) QA Tester
6 5 (8.62%) Senior
6 5 (8.62%) Test Programme Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Test and Validation Engineer
7 4 (6.90%) Validation Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Product Manager
8 3 (5.17%) QA Automation Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Senior Product Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Test Analyst
9 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.52%) Spring
1 9 (15.52%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.72%) Node.js
2 1 (1.72%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 26 (44.83%) Product Ownership
2 15 (25.86%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (24.14%) Mobile App
4 8 (13.79%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.45%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) FMCG
6 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.72%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) Test Automation
2 34 (58.62%) Software Testing
3 29 (50.00%) Agile
4 27 (46.55%) Functional Testing
5 24 (41.38%) Regression Testing
6 23 (39.66%) Computer Science
7 22 (37.93%) Test Management
8 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (32.76%) SDLC
9 19 (32.76%) Test Scripting
10 16 (27.59%) Scrum
10 16 (27.59%) Test Planning
11 15 (25.86%) CI/CD
11 15 (25.86%) Mentoring
11 15 (25.86%) Performance Testing
12 14 (24.14%) Data Management
12 14 (24.14%) Performance Metrics
12 14 (24.14%) Performance Monitoring
12 14 (24.14%) Security Testing
12 14 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) Java
2 5 (8.62%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) C
3 2 (3.45%) MATLAB
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (43.10%) Degree
2 19 (32.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.79%) ISTQB
3 8 (13.79%) OSCP
4 5 (8.62%) CAPM
4 5 (8.62%) ISEB
4 5 (8.62%) PMI Certification
4 5 (8.62%) PMP
5 3 (5.17%) CSPO
5 3 (5.17%) IIBA
6 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (39.66%) QA
2 8 (13.79%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) HP ALM
2 2 (3.45%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (8.62%) HP
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) Denodo
4 1 (1.72%) Splunk
4 1 (1.72%) Talend