Software Testing Job Trends in Worcestershire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 35
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 1.59% 2.48% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 2.90% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.11%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +31.25% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 382 138 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 87.02% 85.71% 83.86%
Number of salaries quoted 177 62 174
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,825 -
25th Percentile £32,656 £41,719 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £61,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.33% +35.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £72,500 £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Pershore - 7 £42,500 -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Applications Support
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Support Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) B2B
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 7 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) T-SQL