Test Strategy Jobs in the Midlands

Test Strategy
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 275 199
Rank change year-on-year -1 -76 +60
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 67 31 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.37% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.38% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 58 10 65
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,700 £39,400
25th Percentile £46,796 £45,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,532 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% +3.87% +7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £84,250
90th Percentile £72,500 - £84,999
England median annual salary £55,000 £66,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.60% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Test Strategy 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,125 8,190 10,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.22% 96.43% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,655 4,352 6,986
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,656 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,001
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Strategy in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Strategy in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in the Midlands

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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 Test Strategy within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +17 56 £50,000 -13.04% 10
East Midlands -20 11 £49,329 +9.62% 3
Test Strategy
England

Test Strategy
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 5 (7.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) AWS
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.49%) GitHub
4 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.49%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
1 1 (1.49%) MySQL
1 1 (1.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (25.37%) JIRA
2 9 (13.43%) Postman
3 5 (7.46%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.97%) SoapUI
5 2 (2.99%) JUnit
5 2 (2.99%) Selenium
6 1 (1.49%) Git
6 1 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 28 (41.79%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (34.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (19.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (11.94%) Legal
5 7 (10.45%) Banking
5 7 (10.45%) Finance
6 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.97%) Automotive
7 4 (5.97%) Electronics
8 2 (2.99%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.99%) Retail
9 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Test Manager
2 15 (22.39%) Tester
3 9 (13.43%) Test Engineer
4 8 (11.94%) Penetration Tester
5 7 (10.45%) QA Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Senior
6 5 (7.46%) Programme Manager
6 5 (7.46%) Programme Test Manager
6 5 (7.46%) Test Programme Manager
7 4 (5.97%) Senior Tester
7 4 (5.97%) Test and Validation Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Validation Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Agile Tester
8 3 (4.48%) Analyst
8 3 (4.48%) Lead
8 3 (4.48%) Product Manager
8 3 (4.48%) QA Tester
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Product Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) Spring
1 5 (7.46%) Spring Boot
2 2 (2.99%) SOAP
3 1 (1.49%) .NET
3 1 (1.49%) Node.js
3 1 (1.49%) React
3 1 (1.49%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.84%) Product Ownership
2 15 (22.39%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (20.90%) Mobile App
4 8 (11.94%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.99%) Infotainment
5 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.49%) FMCG
6 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.49%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (56.72%) Software Testing
2 35 (52.24%) Agile
2 35 (52.24%) Test Automation
3 28 (41.79%) Functional Testing
4 24 (35.82%) Regression Testing
5 23 (34.33%) Computer Science
5 23 (34.33%) Test Management
6 22 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (29.85%) SDLC
8 19 (28.36%) Test Scripting
9 18 (26.87%) Mentoring
10 16 (23.88%) Performance Testing
10 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (23.88%) Test Planning
11 14 (20.90%) Data Management
11 14 (20.90%) Performance Metrics
11 14 (20.90%) Performance Monitoring
11 14 (20.90%) Resource Allocation
11 14 (20.90%) Security Testing
11 14 (20.90%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) Java
2 6 (8.96%) SQL
3 3 (4.48%) C
3 3 (4.48%) C++
4 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.99%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.99%) Python
5 1 (1.49%) RPG
Qualifications
1 25 (37.31%) Degree
2 19 (28.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (19.40%) ISTQB
4 8 (11.94%) OSCP
5 5 (7.46%) CAPM
5 5 (7.46%) ISEB
5 5 (7.46%) PMI Certification
5 5 (7.46%) PMP
6 3 (4.48%) CSPO
6 3 (4.48%) IIBA
7 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (31.34%) QA
2 8 (11.94%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.99%) Grafana
3 1 (1.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (7.46%) HP
1 5 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.99%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.49%) Denodo
5 1 (1.49%) IBM
5 1 (1.49%) Splunk
5 1 (1.49%) Talend