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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 207 214
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +104
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 7 39 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.090% 0.61% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.67% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 31 14
10th Percentile £29,778 - £36,250
25th Percentile £32,205 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +50.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £46,875 £75,000 £42,500
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
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 6,337 5,784 4,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.30% 86.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,515 2,538 4,001
10th Percentile £28,064 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
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 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -10 4 £37,500 -31.82% 17
West Midlands +6 3 - - 7
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 (14.29%) Maximo
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) LoadRunner
2 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
2 1 (14.29%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Test Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Migration Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Repair Technician
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Financial Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) OpenVMS
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) SOA
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Dynatrace
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) SAP