Software Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Software Testing
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 125 57
Rank change year-on-year +21 -68 +60
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 211 117 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.15% 2.06% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.19% 4.75%
Number of salaries quoted 78 95 249
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,450 £71,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Software 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 7,941 5,336 10,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.79% 94.03% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,571 3,782 6,702
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £39,623
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +4.35%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software 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 Software Testing 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 +30 127 £40,000 -20.00% 12
West Midlands -10 83 £47,500 +11.76% 19
Software Testing
England

Software 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 3 (1.42%) Confluence
2 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Appian
3 1 (0.47%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Simulink
2 10 (4.74%) Stateflow
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.95%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.90%) Azure
2 17 (8.06%) AWS
3 6 (2.84%) GitHub
4 5 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.42%) GCP
5 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.95%) SaaS
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.47%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Run
7 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.64%) Ethernet
2 12 (5.69%) DVB
3 10 (4.74%) FlexRay
4 6 (2.84%) HTTP
4 6 (2.84%) SNMP
5 4 (1.90%) Internet
5 4 (1.90%) SMTP
6 3 (1.42%) Network Security
6 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.47%) MQTT
7 1 (0.47%) Profibus
7 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.32%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (2.37%) MySQL
4 2 (0.95%) InterSystems Cache
4 2 (0.95%) SQLite
5 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.58%) JIRA
2 10 (4.74%) Git
3 7 (3.32%) Team Foundation Server
4 6 (2.84%) LabVIEW
5 5 (2.37%) Selenium
6 4 (1.90%) Bugzilla
6 4 (1.90%) GitLab
7 3 (1.42%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.95%) CANoe
8 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.95%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.95%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.95%) Subversion
8 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.47%) Appium
9 1 (0.47%) Postman
9 1 (0.47%) TestComplete
General
1 80 (37.91%) Legal
2 78 (36.97%) Retail
3 65 (30.81%) Social Skills
4 23 (10.90%) Automotive
5 20 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (8.53%) Electronics
6 18 (8.53%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.84%) Finance
7 6 (2.84%) Law
8 4 (1.90%) Games
9 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.47%) Advertising
10 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (38.86%) Analyst
2 76 (36.02%) Business Analyst
3 50 (23.70%) Lead
4 41 (19.43%) Team Leader
5 36 (17.06%) Lead Business Analyst
6 34 (16.11%) Business Analyst Team Leader
7 28 (13.27%) Embedded Engineer
8 19 (9.00%) Developer
9 17 (8.06%) Software Engineer
10 14 (6.64%) Design Engineer
10 14 (6.64%) Tester
11 13 (6.16%) Senior
11 13 (6.16%) Software Developer
12 12 (5.69%) Test Engineer
13 9 (4.27%) Software Tester
14 8 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
15 7 (3.32%) Architect
15 7 (3.32%) Software Architect
15 7 (3.32%) Trainee
15 7 (3.32%) Trainee Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.48%) .NET
2 8 (3.79%) WinForms
3 6 (2.84%) HTML
4 5 (2.37%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.37%) REST
4 5 (2.37%) WPF
5 4 (1.90%) CSS
5 4 (1.90%) Django
5 4 (1.90%) Playwright
5 4 (1.90%) RESTful
5 4 (1.90%) XML
6 3 (1.42%) Web Services
7 2 (0.95%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.95%) Ajax
7 2 (0.95%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.95%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.95%) pytest
7 2 (0.95%) React
7 2 (0.95%) SOAP
8 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.64%) FPGA
3 12 (5.69%) VHDL
4 7 (3.32%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.32%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.90%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.42%) Robotics
7 2 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.47%) Arduino
8 1 (0.47%) CAN bus
8 1 (0.47%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.47%) FMCG
8 1 (0.47%) IoT
8 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.37%) Linux
2 15 (7.11%) Windows
3 12 (5.69%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.90%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (43.60%) SDLC
2 78 (36.97%) Logistics
2 78 (36.97%) Telematics
3 77 (36.49%) Business Analysis
3 77 (36.49%) Coaching
4 76 (36.02%) Process Improvement
5 75 (35.55%) Business Process Analysis
5 75 (35.55%) Business Process Improvement
5 75 (35.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 75 (35.55%) Feasibility Study
5 75 (35.55%) GAP Analysis
5 75 (35.55%) Impact Assessments
5 75 (35.55%) ITIL
5 75 (35.55%) Requirements Analysis
5 75 (35.55%) Resource Allocation
5 75 (35.55%) Stakeholder Analysis
6 44 (20.85%) Agile
7 37 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (16.59%) Computer Science
9 31 (14.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.22%) C++
2 28 (13.27%) C#
3 24 (11.37%) SQL
4 23 (10.90%) C
5 17 (8.06%) Embedded C
6 15 (7.11%) Python
7 14 (6.64%) JavaScript
8 12 (5.69%) MATLAB
9 11 (5.21%) Java
10 8 (3.79%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.79%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.32%) Perl
12 6 (2.84%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.90%) PHP
13 4 (1.90%) XAML
14 3 (1.42%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.42%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.47%) Ada
15 1 (0.47%) Rust
15 1 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 113 (53.55%) Degree
2 10 (4.74%) Master's Degree
3 9 (4.27%) ISTQB
4 7 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.84%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.84%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.37%) ISEB
7 2 (0.95%) IIBA
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) CBAP
8 1 (0.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (44.55%) QA
2 15 (7.11%) ISO 26262
3 5 (2.37%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (0.95%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) JTAG
5 1 (0.47%) MISRA
System Software
1 15 (7.11%) Firmware
2 7 (3.32%) Docker
3 4 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.37%) SAP
3 4 (1.90%) VMware
4 3 (1.42%) Parasoft
5 2 (0.95%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.95%) F5
5 2 (0.95%) InterSystems
5 2 (0.95%) Jaspersoft
5 2 (0.95%) Wrike
6 1 (0.47%) Apple
6 1 (0.47%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.47%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.47%) IBM
6 1 (0.47%) Progress
6 1 (0.47%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) Siemens