Software Testing Job Trends in Sutton Coldfield

Software Testing
West Midlands > Sutton Coldfield

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sutton Coldfield 2.94% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £15,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +316.67% -66.67% -6.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sutton Coldfield

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 Sutton Coldfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18 25 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sutton Coldfield 52.94% 100.00% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 16
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,822 £27,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,701 £29,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £30,580 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +71.68% -12.63% -44.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £37,165 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £56,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sutton Coldfield

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Sutton Coldfield

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Sutton Coldfield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sutton Coldfield citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sutton Coldfield citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sutton Coldfield 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens