Software Testing Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Testing
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 47 95
Rank change year-on-year -83 +48 -27
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 137 353 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.71% 6.06% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 6.26% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 102 61 174
10th Percentile £31,250 £22,750 £30,988
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,494
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,900
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.49% -5.85%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £61,199 £95,000 £84,250
England median annual salary £50,510 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.80% +1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,474 5,639 7,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.61% 96.74% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,705 3,166 4,804
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £39,951 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in the West Midlands

Software Testing
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 Software Testing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Birmingham -16 50 £50,000 +112.77% 7
Warwickshire -12 37 £33,750 -36.32% 6
Staffordshire -9 22 £47,500 +35.71% 13
Solihull -1 6 £50,000 -2.44%
Coventry -9 6 £40,000 -14.02% 3
Worcestershire -18 5 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Shropshire -7 2 £61,250 +28.95%
Dudley -11 1 - -
Wolverhampton -13 1 £55,000 -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.57%) IIS
2 4 (2.92%) Confluence
3 2 (1.46%) WinCC
4 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.46%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.71%) Azure
2 24 (17.52%) AWS
3 12 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.57%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.19%) GitHub
5 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.73%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.73%) PaaS
7 1 (0.73%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.57%) WAN
2 4 (2.92%) FlexRay
3 2 (1.46%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.46%) Modbus
3 2 (1.46%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (18.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.57%) NoSQL
3 8 (5.84%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.65%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.92%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.73%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.73%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (8.03%) JIRA
1 11 (8.03%) Postman
2 7 (5.11%) LabVIEW
3 6 (4.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (3.65%) MSTest
4 5 (3.65%) SoapUI
5 3 (2.19%) Git
5 3 (2.19%) GitLab
5 3 (2.19%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.46%) CANoe
6 2 (1.46%) Selenium
7 1 (0.73%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.73%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.73%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.73%) NUnit
7 1 (0.73%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.44%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (18.25%) Finance
4 21 (15.33%) Retail
5 18 (13.14%) Automotive
6 17 (12.41%) Legal
7 10 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (6.57%) Banking
9 8 (5.84%) Electronics
10 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
11 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.92%) Financial Institution
13 3 (2.19%) Games
14 2 (1.46%) Marketing
14 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.73%) Law
15 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (19.71%) Analyst
2 21 (15.33%) Developer
3 20 (14.60%) Senior
4 19 (13.87%) Business Analyst
5 16 (11.68%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (8.76%) Software Developer
6 12 (8.76%) Tester
7 11 (8.03%) Test Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Software Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) QA Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (5.11%) Lead
11 6 (4.38%) Business Analyst Team Leader
11 6 (4.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Lead Business Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Team Leader
12 5 (3.65%) Senior Test Engineer
13 4 (2.92%) IT Development Manager
13 4 (2.92%) QA Tester
13 4 (2.92%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.41%) .NET
2 9 (6.57%) REST
3 7 (5.11%) HTML
4 6 (4.38%) Spring
4 6 (4.38%) Spring Boot
4 6 (4.38%) WinForms
5 5 (3.65%) .NET Core
5 5 (3.65%) JSON
5 5 (3.65%) SOAP
5 5 (3.65%) XML
6 4 (2.92%) Web Services
7 3 (2.19%) CSS
7 3 (2.19%) Playwright
7 3 (2.19%) React
8 2 (1.46%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.46%) CSS3
8 2 (1.46%) KnockoutJS
9 1 (0.73%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.73%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.73%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.52%) Product Ownership
2 16 (11.68%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (10.22%) Mobile App
4 9 (6.57%) Clustering
4 9 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (6.57%) Public Cloud
5 8 (5.84%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (5.11%) Algorithms
7 5 (3.65%) Device Driver
7 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.46%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.46%) SCADA
9 1 (0.73%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.73%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.73%) Genomics
9 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.57%) Windows
2 5 (3.65%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (2.19%) Linux
4 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (41.61%) Test Automation
2 50 (36.50%) Agile
3 39 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (28.47%) SDLC
4 31 (22.63%) Test Strategy
5 30 (21.90%) Functional Testing
5 30 (21.90%) Resource Allocation
6 27 (19.71%) Mentoring
7 24 (17.52%) DevOps
7 24 (17.52%) Test Scripting
8 23 (16.79%) Coaching
9 22 (16.06%) CI/CD
9 22 (16.06%) Process Improvement
10 19 (13.87%) Regression Testing
10 19 (13.87%) Security Testing
11 18 (13.14%) Computer Science
11 18 (13.14%) Logistics
12 17 (12.41%) Business Analysis
12 17 (12.41%) TDD
13 16 (11.68%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.09%) SQL
2 19 (13.87%) C#
3 17 (12.41%) Java
4 13 (9.49%) C
5 11 (8.03%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.84%) VB.NET
7 7 (5.11%) Python
7 7 (5.11%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.92%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.46%) Ladder Logic
9 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.73%) C++
10 1 (0.73%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.73%) PHP
10 1 (0.73%) R
10 1 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (32.85%) Degree
2 15 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (7.30%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) ISTQB
5 4 (2.92%) IIBA
6 3 (2.19%) CSPO
7 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.73%) CBAP
7 1 (0.73%) ISEB
7 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (35.04%) QA
2 4 (2.92%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.92%) WCAG
3 3 (2.19%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.46%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (1.46%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.73%) IFRS
5 1 (0.73%) IFRS 17
5 1 (0.73%) MISRA
5 1 (0.73%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (6.57%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.92%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (2.92%) Firmware
3 3 (2.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.73%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.73%) Grafana
2 1 (0.73%) Kibana
Vendors
1 37 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.49%) VMware
3 6 (4.38%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (2.92%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.92%) Citrix
4 4 (2.92%) InterSystems
4 4 (2.92%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.46%) Rockwell
6 2 (1.46%) SAP
6 2 (1.46%) Siemens
7 1 (0.73%) Google
7 1 (0.73%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.73%) Splunk
7 1 (0.73%) YouTube