Functional Testing Job Trends in Shropshire

Functional Testing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Functional Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Functional Testing 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 0.60% 0.78% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.08% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £34,500 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -42.50% +50.00% -8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

Functional 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 Shropshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 93 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.12% 72.66% 83.75%
Number of salaries quoted 125 41 54
10th Percentile £30,000 £22,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,450 £65,000 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Functional Testing
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Functional Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Telford -1 1 - -
Functional Testing
West Midlands

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (100.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM