Jest Job Trends in the Midlands

Jest
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Jest skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 198 284
Rank change year-on-year - +86 +17
Permanent jobs citing Jest 0 17 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands - 0.35% 0.23%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 2.37% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 25
10th Percentile - £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile - £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £71,875 £70,000
90th Percentile - £74,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £71,250 £66,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.55% -1.85% -15.63%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 762 716 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.16% 14.64% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 602 577 1,622
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,510
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,750 £75,770
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% +10.46% -11.11%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Jest job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Jest
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Jest.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Jest