Junior Tester Job Trends in the Midlands

Junior Tester
England > Midlands

The median Junior Tester salary in the Midlands is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 - 220
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Tester 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.026% - 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £28,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,105 6,047 5,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.20% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,822 4,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,059
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.59% -3.97%

Junior Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Junior Tester job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Junior Tester
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Junior Tester job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Tester job vacancies in the Midlands

Junior Tester
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 Junior Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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 - 1 £35,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 1
Junior Tester
England

Junior Tester Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Junior Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Junior Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Junior Tester Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle