Tester Jobs in the Midlands

Tester
England > Midlands

The median Tester salary in the Midlands is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2024.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 198 290
Rank change year-on-year -33 +92 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 51 39 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.52% 0.69% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.71% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19 35 59
10th Percentile £22,620 £26,850 £25,350
25th Percentile £29,375 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%

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 9,338 5,471 10,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 96.41% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,743 3,942 6,796
10th Percentile £28,764 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £36,728 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the Midlands

Tester
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Tester in the Midlands

Tester
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

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 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
West Midlands -29 32 £40,000 -27.27% 8
East Midlands -10 19 £60,000 +54.84% 4
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 2024, 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 Tester in the job title.

1 21 (41.18%) Test Automation
2 16 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (27.45%) Software Testing
4 10 (19.61%) QA
4 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (17.65%) Selenium
5 9 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (17.65%) Agile
6 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
7 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
7 7 (13.73%) Mentoring
7 7 (13.73%) Test Strategy
7 7 (13.73%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (13.73%) JIRA
7 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
8 6 (11.76%) Cucumber
9 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
9 5 (9.80%) ISTQB
9 5 (9.80%) Scrum
9 5 (9.80%) ISEB
9 5 (9.80%) Vulnerability Research
9 5 (9.80%) Accessibility
10 4 (7.84%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
10 4 (7.84%) Code Quality
10 4 (7.84%) Playwright
10 4 (7.84%) Fintech
10 4 (7.84%) SQL
10 4 (7.84%) C#
10 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office

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:

Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.96%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) 3GPP
1 3 (5.88%) 5G
1 3 (5.88%) Diameter Protocol
1 3 (5.88%) HTTP
1 3 (5.88%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Selenium
2 7 (13.73%) JIRA
3 6 (11.76%) Cucumber
4 4 (7.84%) Bugzilla
4 4 (7.84%) Cypress.io
4 4 (7.84%) MSTest
4 4 (7.84%) NUnit
5 1 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.96%) TestComplete
General
1 16 (31.37%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
3 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Games
4 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Law
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Gherkin
1 4 (7.84%) Playwright
2 3 (5.88%) CSS
2 3 (5.88%) HTML
3 1 (1.96%) .NET
3 1 (1.96%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (41.18%) Test Automation
2 14 (27.45%) Software Testing
3 10 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (17.65%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (13.73%) Mentoring
5 7 (13.73%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (13.73%) Test Strategy
6 5 (9.80%) Scrum
6 5 (9.80%) Vulnerability Research
7 4 (7.84%) CI/CD
7 4 (7.84%) Code Quality
7 4 (7.84%) Fintech
7 4 (7.84%) Manual Testing
7 4 (7.84%) Security Testing
8 3 (5.88%) Coaching
8 3 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 3 (5.88%) Decision-Making
8 3 (5.88%) Fuzz Testing
8 3 (5.88%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.73%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.84%) C#
2 4 (7.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) ISEB
1 5 (9.80%) ISTQB
1 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) QA
2 5 (9.80%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.88%) NCSC
3 3 (5.88%) WAI
3 3 (5.88%) WCAG
4 1 (1.96%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.96%) Rapid7