Software Testing Job Trends in Telford

Software Testing
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Telford 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 18 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Telford 1.36% - 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% - 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £72,500
75th Percentile £58,750 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median annual salary £57,500 - £61,250
% change year-on-year - - +28.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 95 46 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Telford 64.63% 90.20% 79.25%
Number of salaries quoted 63 33 66
10th Percentile £26,000 £38,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £66,000 £79,000 £77,500
Shropshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% -11.43%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Telford

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Telford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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