Functional Testing Job Trends in the East Midlands

Functional Testing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 112 118
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 +34
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 4 18 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.16% 0.78% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.89% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 1
10th Percentile £29,778 - -
25th Percentile £32,205 £50,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +46.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £46,875 £60,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £51,750 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,015 2,026 1,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.93% 88.09% 88.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 860 1,110
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,708 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,188 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% -2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,688
90th Percentile £75,900 £76,250 £72,550
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the East Midlands

Functional Testing
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire +5 2 £32,830 -40.31%
Leicestershire +4 1 £55,000 -0.90%
Northamptonshire - 1 - - 1
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Repair Technician
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Financial Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) OpenVMS
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) SAP