Software Testing Jobs in the East Midlands

Software Testing
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 39 92
Rank change year-on-year -111 +53 -27
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 42 197 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.98% 6.87% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 7.15% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 33 64 74
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,329 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.32% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £53,438
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,125 £67,625
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,483 2,756 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 80.92% 96.06% 91.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,478 1,342 2,102
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,000 £66,250 £61,077
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software 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 Software Testing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Northamptonshire +6 14 £49,329 +24.88% 4
Leicestershire -79 9 £50,000 +25.00% 4
Lincolnshire -22 8 £41,250 -14.06% 1
Derbyshire -38 6 £34,500 -8.00% 5
Nottinghamshire -21 5 £105,000 +52.73% 8
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Simulink
2 1 (2.38%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) SaaS
4 1 (2.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
3 2 (4.76%) HTTP
3 2 (4.76%) Internet
3 2 (4.76%) Modbus
4 1 (2.38%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (30.95%) JIRA
2 3 (7.14%) Appium
2 3 (7.14%) Cucumber
2 3 (7.14%) Gatling
2 3 (7.14%) JBehave
2 3 (7.14%) JMeter
2 3 (7.14%) JUnit
2 3 (7.14%) SoapUI
2 3 (7.14%) SpecFlow
3 2 (4.76%) Android Studio
3 2 (4.76%) Git
3 2 (4.76%) Postman
3 2 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Electronics
5 4 (9.52%) Law
6 3 (7.14%) Marketing
6 3 (7.14%) Retail
7 2 (4.76%) Finance
7 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Software Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 6 (14.29%) Senior
3 5 (11.90%) Test Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Test Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Software Development Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Software Manager
4 4 (9.52%) Software Tester
4 4 (9.52%) Tester
5 3 (7.14%) C# Developer
5 3 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Developer
5 3 (7.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Junior
5 3 (7.14%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) .NET
2 3 (7.14%) SOAP
3 2 (4.76%) React
3 2 (4.76%) SignalR
3 2 (4.76%) WebSockets
3 2 (4.76%) WinForms
4 1 (2.38%) Ajax
4 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.38%) CSS
4 1 (2.38%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Arduino
2 2 (4.76%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (2.38%) FMCG
3 1 (2.38%) FPGA
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.38%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (9.52%) Unix
3 3 (7.14%) Windows
3 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.76%) Android
5 1 (2.38%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Agile
2 20 (47.62%) Software Engineering
3 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 11 (26.19%) Scrum
6 8 (19.05%) SDLC
7 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (16.67%) Test Strategy
8 6 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (14.29%) IT Strategy
9 5 (11.90%) Defect Management
9 5 (11.90%) End-to-End Testing
9 5 (11.90%) Functional Testing
9 5 (11.90%) Matrix Organization
9 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
9 5 (11.90%) Migration
9 5 (11.90%) Non-Functional Testing
9 5 (11.90%) Supplier Management
9 5 (11.90%) System Integration Testing
9 5 (11.90%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) C
1 9 (21.43%) Java
2 8 (19.05%) C#
2 8 (19.05%) Python
3 7 (16.67%) SQL
4 5 (11.90%) C++
5 4 (9.52%) Shell Script
6 3 (7.14%) Ruby
7 2 (4.76%) Bash
7 2 (4.76%) Embedded C
7 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.38%) Lua
8 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) JTAG
2 1 (2.38%) MISRA
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Firmware
2 3 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
2 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.76%) Docker
4 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) VMware
3 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) F5