Software Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Software Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 27 98
Rank change year-on-year -126 +71 -20
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 183 703 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.52% 7.73% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 8.01% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 137 129 250
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £33,750 £33,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £60,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £72,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £51,259 £55,000 £54,857
% change year-on-year -6.80% +0.26% +4.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,825 8,779 10,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.53% 96.51% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,184 4,440 6,901
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,975 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.75%
75th Percentile £62,342 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
West Midlands -102 125 £45,000 -5.26% 45
East Midlands -90 58 £49,329 +23.32% 37
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 10 (5.46%) IIS
2 4 (2.19%) Confluence
3 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.09%) WinCC
5 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Simulink
3 1 (0.55%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.09%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.40%) Azure
2 34 (18.58%) AWS
3 11 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.46%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.09%) GitHub
7 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.09%) SaaS
8 1 (0.55%) PaaS
8 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.46%) WAN
2 4 (2.19%) DVB
2 4 (2.19%) FlexRay
2 4 (2.19%) Modbus
2 4 (2.19%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.64%) Firewall
4 2 (1.09%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.09%) HTTP
4 2 (1.09%) Internet
4 2 (1.09%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.46%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.37%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.73%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (2.19%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (1.09%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.55%) Redis
7 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (12.57%) JIRA
2 13 (7.10%) Postman
3 11 (6.01%) Cucumber
4 8 (4.37%) SoapUI
5 7 (3.83%) LabVIEW
6 5 (2.73%) MSTest
6 5 (2.73%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.19%) Git
8 3 (1.64%) Appium
8 3 (1.64%) Gatling
8 3 (1.64%) JBehave
8 3 (1.64%) JMeter
8 3 (1.64%) JUnit
8 3 (1.64%) SpecFlow
9 2 (1.09%) Android Studio
9 2 (1.09%) GitLab
9 2 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.55%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.55%) Selenium
10 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (28.42%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (15.85%) Finance
4 25 (13.66%) Retail
5 18 (9.84%) Legal
6 17 (9.29%) Automotive
7 15 (8.20%) Manufacturing
8 14 (7.65%) Electronics
8 14 (7.65%) Public Sector
9 12 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (4.92%) Banking
11 6 (3.28%) Law
12 5 (2.73%) Marketing
13 4 (2.19%) Financial Institution
13 4 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.09%) Games
14 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (15.85%) Analyst
2 26 (14.21%) Senior
3 22 (12.02%) Developer
4 20 (10.93%) Business Analyst
5 19 (10.38%) Software Engineer
6 17 (9.29%) Systems Engineer
7 15 (8.20%) Tester
8 14 (7.65%) Test Engineer
9 12 (6.56%) Embedded Engineer
9 12 (6.56%) Software Developer
10 11 (6.01%) QA Engineer
11 10 (5.46%) Development Manager
12 8 (4.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 6 (3.28%) Design Engineer
13 6 (3.28%) IT Engineer
13 6 (3.28%) Senior Software Engineer
13 6 (3.28%) Software Tester
13 6 (3.28%) Test Manager
14 5 (2.73%) Agile Tester
14 5 (2.73%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.38%) .NET
2 12 (6.56%) REST
3 8 (4.37%) HTML
3 8 (4.37%) SOAP
3 8 (4.37%) Spring
3 8 (4.37%) Spring Boot
4 7 (3.83%) WinForms
5 5 (2.73%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.73%) JSON
5 5 (2.73%) React
5 5 (2.73%) XML
6 4 (2.19%) CSS
6 4 (2.19%) Web Services
7 2 (1.09%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (1.09%) CSS3
7 2 (1.09%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (1.09%) Playwright
7 2 (1.09%) SignalR
7 2 (1.09%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.03%) Product Ownership
2 20 (10.93%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.65%) Mobile App
4 10 (5.46%) Clustering
4 10 (5.46%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (5.46%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (5.46%) Public Cloud
5 6 (3.28%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.73%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.19%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.19%) Device Driver
7 4 (2.19%) FPGA
7 4 (2.19%) VHDL
8 2 (1.09%) Arduino
8 2 (1.09%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.09%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.09%) SCADA
9 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.55%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.10%) Linux
2 11 (6.01%) Windows
3 5 (2.73%) Unix
4 4 (2.19%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.19%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (42.08%) Agile
2 69 (37.70%) Test Automation
3 54 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (25.14%) SDLC
5 40 (21.86%) Test Strategy
6 37 (20.22%) Functional Testing
7 33 (18.03%) Software Engineering
8 32 (17.49%) DevOps
8 32 (17.49%) Mentoring
9 31 (16.94%) Resource Allocation
10 28 (15.30%) Scrum
11 27 (14.75%) Coaching
12 26 (14.21%) Test Scripting
13 25 (13.66%) CI/CD
14 23 (12.57%) Computer Science
14 23 (12.57%) Process Improvement
15 22 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 21 (11.48%) Business Analysis
17 20 (10.93%) Non-Functional Testing
17 20 (10.93%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 39 (21.31%) SQL
2 28 (15.30%) Java
3 26 (14.21%) C#
4 24 (13.11%) C
5 13 (7.10%) JavaScript
5 13 (7.10%) Python
6 8 (4.37%) C++
7 7 (3.83%) T-SQL
7 7 (3.83%) VB.NET
8 6 (3.28%) Embedded C
9 4 (2.19%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.19%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.19%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.64%) Ruby
11 2 (1.09%) Bash
11 2 (1.09%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.55%) Lua
12 1 (0.55%) PHP
12 1 (0.55%) R
12 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (30.60%) Degree
2 16 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (6.01%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.92%) ISTQB
5 4 (2.19%) IIBA
6 3 (1.64%) CSPO
7 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.55%) CBAP
7 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (28.96%) QA
2 4 (2.19%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.19%) WCAG
3 2 (1.09%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.09%) MISRA
4 1 (0.55%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.55%) IFRS
4 1 (0.55%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.55%) JTAG
4 1 (0.55%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (6.01%) Firmware
2 10 (5.46%) VMware NSX
3 7 (3.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (2.73%) Docker
5 3 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.55%) Grafana
2 1 (0.55%) Kibana
Vendors
1 44 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.29%) VMware
3 6 (3.28%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (2.19%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.19%) Citrix
4 4 (2.19%) InterSystems
4 4 (2.19%) SAP
4 4 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.09%) Rockwell
6 2 (1.09%) Siemens
7 1 (0.55%) F5
7 1 (0.55%) Google
7 1 (0.55%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.55%) Splunk
7 1 (0.55%) YouTube