Software Testing Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Testing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 129 30
Rank change year-on-year +87 -99 +81
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 221 128 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.12% 1.73% 8.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 2.09% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 29 104 70
10th Percentile - £31,250 £22,750
25th Percentile £15,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £61,097 £95,500
England median annual salary £57,443 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.47% -5.45% +2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,940 6,110 6,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.25% 82.77% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 4,547 3,160
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
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 Software Testing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Warwickshire +36 124 - - 11
Birmingham +33 39 £57,500 +21.05% 11
Coventry +18 31 - - 9
Worcestershire +32 12 £15,000 -70.00% 4
Staffordshire +8 8 £45,000 -5.26% 19
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.45%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (0.45%) WinCC
Applications
1 137 (61.99%) Simulink
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (2.26%) SaaS
3 3 (1.36%) Azure
3 3 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) 5G
1 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.45%) LTE
1 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (3.62%) Selenium
2 6 (2.71%) WebDriver
3 4 (1.81%) Appium
4 3 (1.36%) JIRA
4 3 (1.36%) Postman
5 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.90%) NUnit
5 2 (0.90%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.45%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.45%) Git
6 1 (0.45%) JMeter
6 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.45%) TestRail
General
1 138 (62.44%) Automotive
2 136 (61.54%) Aerospace
3 23 (10.41%) Social Skills
4 8 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.71%) Finance
5 6 (2.71%) Law
6 4 (1.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.45%) Electronics
7 1 (0.45%) Games
7 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 90 (40.72%) Principal Engineer
2 70 (31.67%) Software Engineer
3 68 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
4 66 (29.86%) Development Engineer
4 66 (29.86%) Software Development Engineer
5 42 (19.00%) Principal Software Engineer
5 42 (19.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 26 (11.76%) Senior
7 24 (10.86%) Senior Development Engineer
7 24 (10.86%) Senior Software Development Engineer
7 24 (10.86%) Senior Software Engineer
7 24 (10.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 12 (5.43%) IT Support
9 6 (2.71%) Tester
10 5 (2.26%) Analyst
10 5 (2.26%) Software Tester
10 5 (2.26%) Test Analyst
11 3 (1.36%) C# Software Engineer
11 3 (1.36%) Head of Engineering
12 2 (0.90%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.71%) .NET
1 6 (2.71%) Playwright
2 4 (1.81%) REST
3 3 (1.36%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.36%) WCF
3 3 (1.36%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) EPoS
2 5 (2.26%) Product Ownership
3 4 (1.81%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.36%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.45%) IoT
6 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.45%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Android
2 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (88.69%) Agile
2 138 (62.44%) Validation
3 136 (61.54%) Systems Engineering
4 125 (56.56%) Software Engineering
5 54 (24.43%) SDLC
6 48 (21.72%) Waterfall
7 17 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (7.24%) Test Automation
9 15 (6.79%) Customer Service
10 13 (5.88%) Mathematics
11 12 (5.43%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (4.52%) Scrum
13 9 (4.07%) Test Scripting
14 7 (3.17%) API Testing
14 7 (3.17%) CI/CD
15 6 (2.71%) DevOps
15 6 (2.71%) Regression Testing
16 5 (2.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 5 (2.26%) Process Improvement
16 5 (2.26%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 137 (61.99%) MATLAB
2 10 (4.52%) C#
3 4 (1.81%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.81%) Python
4 3 (1.36%) Java
5 2 (0.90%) SQL
6 1 (0.45%) Bash
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 184 (83.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 58 (26.24%) Degree
3 6 (2.71%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.81%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.45%) ISEB
6 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.98%) QA
2 3 (1.36%) PMBOK
3 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.45%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.45%) Firmware
1 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Ansible
1 1 (0.45%) Puppet
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (22.17%) Siemens
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle
3 1 (0.45%) Rockwell
3 1 (0.45%) UiPath
3 1 (0.45%) VMware