Software Testing Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 86 16
Rank change year-on-year -28 -70 +52
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 16 25 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.82% 1.82% 12.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.98% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 36
10th Percentile £35,475 - £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,324 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £46,500 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +2.20% +25.52%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £69,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,712 1,265 1,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 87.21% 92.13% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 704 1,029
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,954 £29,400
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Milton Keynes -7 14 £49,000 +21.25% 7
Marlow - 2 - - 1
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) GitHub
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) GitLab
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
3 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.25%) JMeter
3 1 (6.25%) JUnit
3 1 (6.25%) Mockito
3 1 (6.25%) Postman
General
1 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Firmware Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Trainee
2 4 (25.00%) Trainee Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Trainee Software Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software QA Tester
5 1 (6.25%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) NumPy
1 1 (6.25%) Pandas
1 1 (6.25%) Playwright
1 1 (6.25%) pyodbc
1 1 (6.25%) PyQt
1 1 (6.25%) Spring
1 1 (6.25%) Spring Boot
1 1 (6.25%) Tkinter
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
1 1 (6.25%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.25%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (25.00%) SDLC
3 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
3 3 (18.75%) Data Management
3 3 (18.75%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Self-Awareness
4 2 (12.50%) Server Management
4 2 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Data Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Informatics
5 1 (6.25%) Microservices
5 1 (6.25%) Open Source
5 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) C
2 4 (25.00%) C++
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 4 (25.00%) PHP
3 3 (18.75%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ISEB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Docker
2 4 (25.00%) Firmware
3 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Acronis
1 2 (12.50%) WatchGuard
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) SAP