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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 243 220
Rank change year-on-year +17 -23 +52
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 6 40 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.40% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.50% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 8
10th Percentile £28,900 £40,750 £38,125
25th Percentile £33,625 £46,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +29.73% +8.82%
75th Percentile £46,563 - £53,438
90th Percentile £51,625 - £67,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +4.17%

All Process and 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 4,806 7,941 5,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.73% 78.68% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,881 4,021 3,852
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
East Midlands +25 3 £46,250 +1.65% 3
West Midlands +15 3 £34,500 -42.50% 13
Functional Testing
England

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Postman
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
1 1 (16.67%) TestComplete
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Repair Technician
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Financial Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Senior
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) OpenVMS
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) API Testing
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
1 1 (16.67%) SAP