Software Tester Jobs in the Midlands

Software Tester
England > Midlands

The median Software Tester salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 312 194
Rank change year-on-year +68 -118 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 7 6 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.100% 0.051% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.054% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 9
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,750 £26,150
25th Percentile £34,688 £32,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £34,750 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.30% +5.30% +1.54%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,188 £37,500
90th Percentile £44,375 £63,750 £44,500
England median annual salary £41,250 £37,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.73% +11.25%

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 6,422 11,026 8,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 94.31% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 8,249 4,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram 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 3 May 2025. 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 +54 5 £42,500 +30.77% 3
East Midlands +47 2 £37,500 -18.48% 2
Software Tester
England

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (85.71%) QA
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
3 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
4 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 4 (57.14%) WebDriver
4 4 (57.14%) Selenium
4 4 (57.14%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (57.14%) API Testing
4 4 (57.14%) Playwright
5 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Appium
5 3 (42.86%) Exploratory Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
5 3 (42.86%) Test Management
5 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
5 3 (42.86%) C#
5 3 (42.86%) Java
5 3 (42.86%) .NET
5 3 (42.86%) Python
5 3 (42.86%) B2B
5 3 (42.86%) Law
6 2 (28.57%) Agile
6 2 (28.57%) SQL
6 2 (28.57%) DevOps
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
1 4 (57.14%) WebDriver
2 3 (42.86%) Appium
3 1 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (14.29%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) Postman
3 1 (14.29%) TestComplete
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Playwright
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
4 4 (57.14%) API Testing
4 4 (57.14%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (42.86%) B2B
5 3 (42.86%) Exploratory Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Test Management
6 2 (28.57%) Agile
6 2 (28.57%) DevOps
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
7 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
7 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (14.29%) Data Science
7 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) UiPath