Tester Jobs in the Midlands

Tester
England > Midlands

The median Tester salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 295 217
Rank change year-on-year +64 -78 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 23 29 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.33% 0.22% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.24% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 40
10th Percentile £30,640 £24,200 £22,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £47,750 - £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 6,335 12,249 7,097
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 94.42% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,291 8,334 4,462
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,200 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,796 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +56 22 £42,500 -5.56% 6
East Midlands +35 1 £47,500 +37.68% 4
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, 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 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
1 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Software Testing
3 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
4 7 (30.43%) QA
5 6 (26.09%) Selenium
5 6 (26.09%) Test Scripting
5 6 (26.09%) Non-Functional Testing
5 6 (26.09%) API Testing
5 6 (26.09%) Playwright
6 5 (21.74%) WebDriver
6 5 (21.74%) Agile
6 5 (21.74%) Regression Testing
6 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
6 5 (21.74%) SQL
7 4 (17.39%) C#
7 4 (17.39%) Functional Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Test Management
7 4 (17.39%) DevOps
7 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (13.04%) Appium
8 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
8 3 (13.04%) Mobile App
8 3 (13.04%) Exploratory Testing
8 3 (13.04%) SDLC
8 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
8 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
8 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
8 3 (13.04%) Java

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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Selenium
2 5 (21.74%) WebDriver
3 3 (13.04%) Appium
4 2 (8.70%) JIRA
4 2 (8.70%) JMeter
4 2 (8.70%) Postman
4 2 (8.70%) TestComplete
5 1 (4.35%) Bugzilla
5 1 (4.35%) Git
5 1 (4.35%) MSTest
5 1 (4.35%) NUnit
5 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.35%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) Playwright
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
3 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (39.13%) Software Testing
3 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
4 6 (26.09%) API Testing
4 6 (26.09%) Non-Functional Testing
4 6 (26.09%) Test Scripting
5 5 (21.74%) Agile
5 5 (21.74%) Regression Testing
6 4 (17.39%) DevOps
6 4 (17.39%) Functional Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Test Management
7 3 (13.04%) B2B
7 3 (13.04%) Exploratory Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.04%) SDLC
7 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
8 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (8.70%) Performance Testing
8 2 (8.70%) Smoke Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) JavaScript
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) C#
3 3 (13.04%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) Python
3 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) HP
2 1 (4.35%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.35%) UiPath