Tester Jobs in the West Midlands

Tester
England > West Midlands

The median Tester salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 235 133
Rank change year-on-year +55 -102 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 17 23 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.39% 0.31% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.33% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 41
10th Percentile £27,851 £32,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £34,688 £37,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +38.46%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £44,375 - £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,968 6,948 5,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.16% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,798 5,218 3,277
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the West Midlands

Tester
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Tester in the West Midlands

Tester
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Tester in the West Midlands

Tester
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 Tester within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Birmingham +36 11 £42,500 +6.25% 3
Staffordshire +24 1 £23,405 -21.99% 2
Warwickshire - 1 - - 3
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 - 3
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Tester 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 Tester in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) 3GPP
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
1 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (52.94%) 5G
1 9 (52.94%) NCSC
1 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Research
2 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
2 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
3 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
3 5 (29.41%) QA
4 4 (23.53%) Selenium
4 4 (23.53%) Test Management
4 4 (23.53%) Test Scripting
4 4 (23.53%) Manual Testing
4 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
4 4 (23.53%) Python
4 4 (23.53%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (23.53%) API Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
4 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 4 (23.53%) Playwright
5 3 (17.65%) Exploratory Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
5 3 (17.65%) Law
5 3 (17.65%) B2B
5 3 (17.65%) C#
5 3 (17.65%) Java
5 3 (17.65%) .NET
5 3 (17.65%) Appium

Tester 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) 3GPP
1 9 (52.94%) 5G
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Selenium
1 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
2 3 (17.65%) Appium
3 2 (11.76%) JIRA
3 2 (11.76%) JMeter
4 1 (5.88%) Bugzilla
4 1 (5.88%) Git
4 1 (5.88%) LoadRunner
4 1 (5.88%) Postman
4 1 (5.88%) TestComplete
General
1 9 (52.94%) Telecoms
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Playwright
2 3 (17.65%) .NET
3 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.88%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Research
2 6 (35.29%) Software Testing
2 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) API Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Manual Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Test Management
3 4 (23.53%) Test Scripting
4 3 (17.65%) B2B
4 3 (17.65%) Exploratory Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Functional Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) DevOps
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) JavaScript
2 4 (23.53%) Python
3 3 (17.65%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
5 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) NCSC
2 5 (29.41%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) HP
2 1 (5.88%) MuleSoft
2 1 (5.88%) Pega
2 1 (5.88%) UiPath