System Testing Job Trends in the Midlands

System Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring System Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 209 220
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 +51
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 18 27 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.23% 0.42% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.47% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 12
10th Percentile - £47,750 £34,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £49,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% +6.12% +25.64%
75th Percentile £41,250 £56,875 £58,125
90th Percentile £70,250 £63,125 £74,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +13.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

System 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 6,306 5,768 4,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.45% 86.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,486 2,526 4,080
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

System Testing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

System Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing System Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing System Testing

System Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for System Testing in the Midlands

System 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 System Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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 -7 10 £35,000 -32.69% 19
West Midlands +14 8 £35,000 -32.69% 8
System Testing
England

System Testing
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (55.56%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (16.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (66.67%) Law
2 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Automotive
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Junior
2 10 (55.56%) Junior Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Junior Support Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Payroll Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Payroll Support
2 10 (55.56%) Oracle Support Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Support Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Project Implementation Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Tester
5 1 (5.56%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (61.11%) Validation
2 10 (55.56%) Data Validation
2 10 (55.56%) End-to-End Testing
2 10 (55.56%) Process Improvement
3 5 (27.78%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Data Management
4 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C
2 1 (5.56%) C++
2 1 (5.56%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Kronos
2 2 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Workday