Head of Test Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Test
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Test salary in the West Midlands is £86,485 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Test 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.055% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,485 - -
England median annual salary £78,750 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -12.50% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,830 5,921 6,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.12% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5,165 3,354 4,789
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,974 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Head of Test in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Test in the West Midlands

Head of Test
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Test in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Test in the West Midlands

Head of Test
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Test within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Birmingham - 4 £86,485 -
Head of Test
England

Head of Test Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Head of Test job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Head of Test in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) YAML
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 4 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (100.00%) Police
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) GitOps
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation

Head of Test Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) Node.js
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 4 (100.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) GitOps
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes