Functional Testing Job Trends in the Midlands

Functional Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 192 248
Rank change year-on-year -38 +56 +66
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 10 34 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.10% 0.65% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.70% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 39
10th Percentile £34,778 - -
25th Percentile £44,705 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £49,329
Median % change year-on-year - +26.70% -1.34%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,750 - £67,057
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,570 4,862 8,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.24% 92.54% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 2,561 6,549
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.83% -7.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,050 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Functional Testing in the Midlands

Functional Testing
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 Functional Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
East Midlands -41 6 £28,160 -48.80% 1
West Midlands -20 4 £67,500 -10.00% 4
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 (10.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) XCUITest
2 2 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 2 (20.00%) SoapUI
3 1 (10.00%) Appium
3 1 (10.00%) GitLab
3 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) JMeter
3 1 (10.00%) Postman
3 1 (10.00%) REST Assured
3 1 (10.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) QA Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Test Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Migration Manager
4 1 (10.00%) QA Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Repair Technician
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Playwright
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Android
1 5 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 7 (70.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (70.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (50.00%) Coaching
4 5 (50.00%) Observability
4 5 (50.00%) Personalization
4 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (30.00%) Performance Testing
7 2 (20.00%) DevOps
7 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Scrum
7 2 (20.00%) Test Management
8 1 (10.00%) AI
8 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
8 1 (10.00%) Release Management
8 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) QA
2 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft