Tester Jobs in the West Midlands

Tester
England > West Midlands

The median Tester salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 138 257
Rank change year-on-year -87 +119 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 25 153 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.35% 2.27% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 2.52% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 23 40 29
10th Percentile £32,500 £22,750 £23,950
25th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +65.38% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £40,000
90th Percentile - £67,625 £47,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

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 6,800 6,065 6,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.05% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,375 4,753
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 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 -26 14 £40,000 +21.21% 2
Staffordshire -15 2 £35,000 -
Tester
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 15 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 13 (52.00%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (48.00%) Test Automation
3 12 (48.00%) Software Testing
4 11 (44.00%) QA
5 10 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (40.00%) API Testing
6 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (32.00%) Information Security
7 8 (32.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 8 (32.00%) Legal
7 8 (32.00%) Data Privacy
7 8 (32.00%) Data Protection
7 8 (32.00%) GRC
7 8 (32.00%) OSCP
7 8 (32.00%) Security Posture
8 7 (28.00%) CI/CD
8 7 (28.00%) Functional Testing
8 7 (28.00%) Non-Functional Testing
8 7 (28.00%) Fintech
8 7 (28.00%) Finance
8 7 (28.00%) Agile
9 6 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (20.00%) Product Ownership
10 5 (20.00%) TDD
10 5 (20.00%) Spring
10 5 (20.00%) Scrum
10 5 (20.00%) Java
10 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
10 5 (20.00%) Spring Boot

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) 5G
2 2 (8.00%) 4G
3 1 (4.00%) 3GPP
3 1 (4.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (4.00%) HTTP
3 1 (4.00%) SCTP
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (8.00%) Postman
General
1 13 (52.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Legal
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 6 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.00%) Banking
5 3 (12.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) Spring
1 5 (20.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (12.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Android
1 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 12 (48.00%) Software Testing
2 12 (48.00%) Test Automation
3 10 (40.00%) API Testing
3 10 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (32.00%) Data Privacy
5 8 (32.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (32.00%) Ethical Hacking
5 8 (32.00%) Information Security
6 7 (28.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) CI/CD
6 7 (28.00%) Fintech
6 7 (28.00%) Functional Testing
6 7 (28.00%) Non-Functional Testing
7 5 (20.00%) Agile Testing
7 5 (20.00%) BDD
7 5 (20.00%) Software Delivery
7 5 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 5 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) OSCP
2 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) QA
2 8 (32.00%) GRC
3 1 (4.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Jaspersoft
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft