Software QA Tester Jobs in Milton Keynes

Software Quality Assurance Tester
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Software Quality Assurance Tester salary in Milton Keynes is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 - 102
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Tester 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.091% - 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £43,750 - £53,125
90th Percentile - - £56,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 1,038 805 940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 94.82% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 683 546 691
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,954 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,111 £34,324 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,125 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% - -

Software QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured Software QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Tester in Milton Keynes

Software QA Tester
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Tester in Milton Keynes.

Salary trend for Software QA Tester in Milton Keynes

Software QA Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Software QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring Software QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Scalability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Software QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scalability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA