Tester Job Trends in the Midlands

Tester
England > Midlands

The median Tester salary in the Midlands is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 210 183
Rank change year-on-year +6 -27 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 23 55 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.42% 0.62% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.66% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 37
10th Percentile - £22,620 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,375 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% -7.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £59,688 £59,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,125 £60,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% +4.76% +5.00%

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 5,114 8,361 5,014
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 94.40% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 4,296 3,880
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Tester job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Tester
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in the Midlands

Tester
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in the Midlands

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 Tester within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 October 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 +29 19 £43,750 +9.38% 4
East Midlands -3 4 £37,500 -37.50% 2
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, 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 Tester in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Test Automation
3 6 (26.09%) SQL
4 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
5 4 (17.39%) SDLC
5 4 (17.39%) Selenium
6 3 (13.04%) API Testing
6 3 (13.04%) DevOps
6 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Non-Functional Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Oracle
6 3 (13.04%) Playwright
6 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) QA
6 3 (13.04%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
6 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Degree
7 2 (8.70%) Regression Testing
7 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
7 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
7 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
7 2 (8.70%) System Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Test Management
7 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
7 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (4.35%) Acceptance Criteria
8 1 (4.35%) Azure
8 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Selenium
2 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket Server
2 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) JMeter
2 1 (4.35%) MSTest
2 1 (4.35%) NUnit
2 1 (4.35%) Postman
2 1 (4.35%) REST Assured
2 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
2 1 (4.35%) TestComplete
2 1 (4.35%) TestRail
2 1 (4.35%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Law
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Test Automation
3 5 (21.74%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Testing
4 4 (17.39%) SDLC
5 3 (13.04%) API Testing
5 3 (13.04%) DevOps
5 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 3 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Security Testing
6 2 (8.70%) System Testing
6 2 (8.70%) Test Management
6 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.35%) Test Planning
7 1 (4.35%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.35%) C#
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) CA Service Virtualization
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle