Functional Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Functional Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 213 280
Rank change year-on-year -41 +67 -3
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 33 29 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.34% 0.51% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.54% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 20 12 23
10th Percentile £50,000 £36,375 £31,600
25th Percentile £58,800 £38,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,031 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.89% -5.81% -15.00%
75th Percentile - £49,063 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,220 £62,375 £54,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%

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 7,942 5,332 10,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.77% 94.09% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,569 3,777 6,721
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% +1.33% +4.35%

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

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

Salary trend for Functional Testing in the Midlands

Functional Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 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
West Midlands -22 25 £60,000 +50.00% 4
East Midlands -33 8 £55,000 +18.92% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) GitHub
2 15 (45.45%) AWS
2 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 15 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (45.45%) GitHub Actions
2 15 (45.45%) IaaS
2 15 (45.45%) PaaS
2 15 (45.45%) SaaS
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Ethernet
2 3 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.03%) Bluetooth
3 1 (3.03%) FlexRay
3 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) MySQL
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (45.45%) SonarQube
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 13 (39.39%) Public Sector
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Retail
3 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
4 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) DevOps Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Technical Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Commercial Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Commercial Project Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Project Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Test Leader
5 2 (6.06%) UAT Lead
5 2 (6.06%) UAT Test Lead
6 1 (3.03%) Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Senior
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Product Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Software Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Test Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (45.45%) ARM Templates
1 15 (45.45%) Azure Blueprints
2 3 (9.09%) Django
2 3 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Management Information System
2 15 (45.45%) Onboarding
3 8 (24.24%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (24.24%) Solar Power
4 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 3 (9.09%) Robotics
5 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (72.73%) Project Management
2 17 (51.52%) Release Management
2 17 (51.52%) Test Automation
3 16 (48.48%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (45.45%) Containerisation
4 15 (45.45%) Continuous Delivery
4 15 (45.45%) Deployment Automation
4 15 (45.45%) DevOps
4 15 (45.45%) DevSecOps
4 15 (45.45%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 15 (45.45%) Mentoring
4 15 (45.45%) Non-Functional Testing
4 15 (45.45%) Performance Analysis
4 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
4 15 (45.45%) Static Application Security Testing
5 8 (24.24%) CRM
5 8 (24.24%) Line Management
5 8 (24.24%) Performance Management
6 7 (21.21%) Software Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) C#
1 3 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 15 (45.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (24.24%) Degree
4 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.03%) CSPO
5 1 (3.03%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (45.45%) NCSC
2 1 (3.03%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (3.03%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 15 (45.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (45.45%) Ansible
1 15 (45.45%) Kubernetes
1 15 (45.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
1 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow