Software Testing
Bedfordshire > Bedford
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedford requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 14 | 22 | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +20 | -5 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Testing | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford | 3.08% | 4.70% | 3.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.51% | 6.60% | 3.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | - | £49,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,875 | £32,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £36,250 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +65.52% | -34.09% | +20.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £69,375 | £38,750 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,000 | - | £60,750 |
| Bedfordshire median annual salary | £52,500 | £36,250 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.83% | -34.09% | +20.88% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedford
Software Testing 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 Bedford.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 57 | 106 | 251 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford | 87.69% | 71.14% | 95.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 88 | 97 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,000 | £24,763 | £32,600 |
| 25th Percentile | £49,688 | £26,819 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £35,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +51.43% | -39.13% | +27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £74,313 | £50,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,750 | £61,250 | £69,250 |
| Bedfordshire median annual salary | £52,250 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.50% | -13.04% | +15.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.
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Salary Trend in Bedford
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Bedford.
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Salary Histogram in Bedford
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Bedford over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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: