Software Quality Assurance Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Software Quality Assurance
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.49% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.85% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £37,500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedfordshire

Software Quality Assurance falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 104 33 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 12.68% 6.33% 8.88%
Number of salaries quoted 45 6 17
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -27.93% +3.57%
75th Percentile £56,188 £62,063 £76,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £94,950
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £46,297
% change year-on-year +17.65% -8.20% -22.84%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Quality Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Software Quality Assurance job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Software Quality Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA