Software Testing Jobs in Bedfordshire

Software Testing
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 44 25 63
Rank change year-on-year -19 +38 -18
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 7 80 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.59% 11.10% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 11.43% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £49,250 £45,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £50,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £55,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% +20.88% -9.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £60,000 £45,750
90th Percentile - £60,750 £45,900
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +39.04% -6.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 342 700 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 77.55% 97.09% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 242 318 296
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,764 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,295 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £69,375
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Bedfordshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Bedfordshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Bedfordshire 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
Bedford +19 7 £36,250 -34.09%
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (71.43%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (71.43%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
2 5 (71.43%) Refactoring
2 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared