Tester Job Trends in the Midlands

Tester
England > Midlands

The median Tester salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 212 254
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 70 20 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.48% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 22
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,711 £22,620
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £25,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -4.91% -18.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 -
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 13,588 5,296 10,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 91.20% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,486 3,386 6,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,335 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 16 August 2026.

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 16 August 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
West Midlands -8 40 £65,000 +67.74% 9
East Midlands - 30 £33,750 - 3
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, 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 6 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (7.14%) Android
2 5 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.14%) Red Team
2 5 (7.14%) Security Testing
2 5 (7.14%) Software Testing
3 4 (5.71%) JIRA
3 4 (5.71%) QA
3 4 (5.71%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (4.29%) Accessibility
4 3 (4.29%) CREST Certified
4 3 (4.29%) CRM
4 3 (4.29%) Manual Testing
4 3 (4.29%) OSCP
4 3 (4.29%) SDLC
4 3 (4.29%) Test Automation
4 3 (4.29%) Test Strategy
4 3 (4.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (2.86%) Agile
5 2 (2.86%) AI
5 2 (2.86%) BDD
5 2 (2.86%) CMS
5 2 (2.86%) Code Quality
5 2 (2.86%) Content Management
5 2 (2.86%) Gherkin
5 2 (2.86%) HTTP
5 2 (2.86%) Oracle
5 2 (2.86%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (2.86%) SQL
6 1 (1.43%) Active Directory

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) AWS
1 1 (1.43%) Azure
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) JMeter
2 1 (1.43%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.43%) TestRail
2 1 (1.43%) Zephyr
General
1 53 (75.71%) Games
2 5 (7.14%) Law
3 2 (2.86%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.43%) iGaming
4 1 (1.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.43%) SOAP
2 1 (1.43%) Web Services
2 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (74.29%) Mobile Games
1 52 (74.29%) Smartphone
2 5 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (2.86%) Online Gambling
3 2 (2.86%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Android
1 5 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.43%) Linux
2 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (7.14%) Red Team
2 5 (7.14%) Security Testing
2 5 (7.14%) Software Testing
3 4 (5.71%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (4.29%) CRM
4 3 (4.29%) Manual Testing
4 3 (4.29%) SDLC
4 3 (4.29%) Test Automation
4 3 (4.29%) Test Strategy
4 3 (4.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (2.86%) Agile
5 2 (2.86%) AI
5 2 (2.86%) BDD
5 2 (2.86%) Code Quality
5 2 (2.86%) Content Management
6 1 (1.43%) Cloud Security
6 1 (1.43%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (1.43%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (1.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) Bash
2 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (4.29%) CREST Certified
1 3 (4.29%) OSCP
2 1 (1.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) QA
2 3 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.86%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.86%) Oracle
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft