System Testing Job Trends in Shropshire

System Testing
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring System Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 0.17% - 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% - 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £60,500
75th Percentile - - £61,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

System 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 376 85 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shropshire 64.60% 83.33% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 230 69 162
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £47,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +16.56% -32.08%
75th Percentile £59,688 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £70,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £54,150 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.14% +5.00% -6.10%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

System Testing job vacancy trend in Shropshire

System Testing
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing System Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing System Testing

System 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 System Testing within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 - 1 £35,000 - 3
System Testing
West Midlands

System 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 (100.00%) Bugzilla
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA