Software Testing Jobs in Staffordshire

Software Testing
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 57 53
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 -22
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 22 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.97% 1.69% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 1.80% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 19 9 17
10th Percentile £29,000 £23,000 £20,850
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +2.94% -20.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £37,500
90th Percentile - £60,000 £56,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% -5.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 901 499 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 80.66% 93.97% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 627 366 405
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,613 £24,450
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,060 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £54,043
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Staffordshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Tamworth - 9 £47,500 - 1
Cannock - 8 £52,500 - 3
Burton-upon-Trent -7 1 £23,240 -5.14% 2
Stoke-on-Trent -8 1 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Burntwood - 1 £42,500 -
Software Testing
West Midlands

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) LabVIEW
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
3 1 (4.55%) Bugzilla
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Games
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Software Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Software Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Support
4 2 (9.09%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Games Tester
5 1 (4.55%) QA Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) QA Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) .NET
2 6 (27.27%) WinForms
3 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (9.09%) CSS
3 2 (9.09%) CSS3
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
3 2 (9.09%) KnockoutJS
3 2 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 6 (27.27%) Unit Testing
3 3 (13.64%) CAD
3 3 (13.64%) Data Acquisition
4 2 (9.09%) API Design
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.09%) ERP
4 2 (9.09%) Front End Development
4 2 (9.09%) Load Testing
4 2 (9.09%) Web Development
5 1 (4.55%) Biomedicine
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.55%) Defect Management
5 1 (4.55%) Facilities Management
5 1 (4.55%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (4.55%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.55%) QMS
5 1 (4.55%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (4.55%) Test Management
5 1 (4.55%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) C#
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
1 8 (36.36%) VB.NET
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft