Software Tester Jobs in the Midlands

Software Tester
England > Midlands

The median Software Tester salary in the Midlands is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 225 327
Rank change year-on-year -48 +102 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 9 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.092% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 24
10th Percentile £29,375 £26,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £30,313 £27,313 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £40,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +19.40% -18.79%
75th Percentile £35,938 £44,688 £41,563
90th Percentile £36,125 £48,625 £47,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £41,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +20.48% +7.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 9,338 5,471 10,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 96.41% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,743 3,942 6,796
10th Percentile £28,764 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £36,728 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in the Midlands

Software Tester
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Software Tester in the Midlands

Software 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 Software Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
East Midlands -19 8 £32,500 -29.73%
West Midlands -35 1 £35,000 -
Software Tester
England

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 October 2024, Software Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Mentoring
2 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) QA
4 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
6 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (11.11%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) Selenium
6 1 (11.11%) TestComplete
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) User Stories
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
6 1 (11.11%) JIRA
6 1 (11.11%) Law
6 1 (11.11%) Scrum
6 1 (11.11%) Agile

Software Tester Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) TestComplete
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Mentoring
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) QA