QA Tester Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Quality Assurance Tester
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in Buckinghamshire is £43,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 111 149
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.10% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £41,375 £47,750 -
25th Percentile £41,563 £48,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £46,563 £51,875 £55,938
90th Percentile £47,125 £52,250 £57,625
South East median annual salary £43,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,820 1,243 1,869
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.88% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 728 1,078
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Tester in Buckinghamshire

QA Tester
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in Buckinghamshire.

Salary trend for QA Tester in Buckinghamshire

QA Tester
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 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 -5 2 £43,750 -12.50%
QA Tester
South East

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Scalability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

QA Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Scalability Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft