Software Testing Job Trends in Shropshire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 0.55% - 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% - 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49,625
25th Percentile £56,250 - £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £61,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.95%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £70,313
90th Percentile - - £73,875
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -17.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

Software 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 273 82 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 74.59% 81.19% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 155 43 125
10th Percentile £27,250 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,625 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% -11.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Software Testing

Software 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 Software Testing within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Telford - 2 £57,500 - 4
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA