Software Testing Job Trends in the East Midlands

Software Testing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 101 104
Rank change year-on-year -35 +3 -56
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 23 32 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.49% 1.64% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.82% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 16 21 37
10th Percentile £31,533 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £44,791 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -2.69% +12.11%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £73,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -10.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Software 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 3,341 1,760 3,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 70.98% 89.98% 76.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,100 891 2,690
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 2026. 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
Leicestershire -45 9 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Northamptonshire +11 5 £55,000 +15.79% 3
Nottinghamshire -24 4 £37,663 -21.54% 6
Lincolnshire - 4 £55,000 - 2
Derbyshire -3 1 £50,000 +61.29% 1
Software Testing
England

Software 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Db2
1 2 (8.70%) Easytrieve
2 1 (4.35%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
1 2 (8.70%) Subversion
2 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.35%) JMeter
2 1 (4.35%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Electronics
3 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Automation Test Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Lead
3 4 (17.39%) Test Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Test Leader
4 3 (13.04%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Mainframe Software Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Software Tester
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Test Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Tester
6 1 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (8.70%) Mainframe
4 1 (4.35%) iSeries
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Software Engineering
1 9 (39.13%) Test Automation
2 8 (34.78%) Code Quality
3 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
4 3 (13.04%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (13.04%) Agile
4 3 (13.04%) Performance Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (8.70%) ITIL
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Regression Testing
5 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (8.70%) SDLC
5 2 (8.70%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C#
1 4 (17.39%) C++
2 2 (8.70%) Assembly Language
2 2 (8.70%) COBOL
2 2 (8.70%) JCL
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
3 1 (4.35%) C
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) IBM