Software Testing Jobs in Staffordshire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 63 55
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 -18
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 21 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 2.15% 1.65% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.72% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,875 £23,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -17.65%
75th Percentile £53,750 £40,000 £49,375
90th Percentile £54,125 £47,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,800
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.71% +7.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 806 523 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.41% 95.79% 88.87%
Number of salaries quoted 568 377 375
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £28,119 £32,000 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £54,043
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Tamworth -9 9 £47,500 +35.71% 1
Cannock - 8 £52,500 - 4
Burntwood - 1 £42,500 -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (4.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Law
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Developer
4 3 (14.29%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Software Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Support
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Web Developer
6 1 (4.76%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Full Stack .NET Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Full Stack Developer
6 1 (4.76%) QA Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) QA Test Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (47.62%) .NET
2 5 (23.81%) WinForms
3 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (14.29%) CSS
3 3 (14.29%) HTML
3 3 (14.29%) REST
4 2 (9.52%) CSS3
4 2 (9.52%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
5 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.76%) Entity Framework
5 1 (4.76%) HTML5
5 1 (4.76%) jQuery
5 1 (4.76%) Node.js
5 1 (4.76%) React
5 1 (4.76%) SOAP
5 1 (4.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 5 (23.81%) Unit Testing
3 3 (14.29%) CAD
3 3 (14.29%) Data Acquisition
4 2 (9.52%) API Design
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.52%) ERP
4 2 (9.52%) Front End Development
4 2 (9.52%) Load Testing
4 2 (9.52%) Test Management
4 2 (9.52%) Web Development
5 1 (4.76%) B2B
5 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.76%) Facilities Management
5 1 (4.76%) MVC
5 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) QMS
5 1 (4.76%) Regression Testing
5 1 (4.76%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.76%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 8 (38.10%) C#
3 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
1 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft