Software Testing Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 110 89
Rank change year-on-year +31 -21 -74
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 12 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.18% 0.82% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.94% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 16
10th Percentile £41,050 £35,475 -
25th Percentile £41,125 £37,500 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £49,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +1.55% +7.22%
75th Percentile £52,250 £52,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £55,400 £56,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 976 1,705 1,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 95.78% 86.90% 92.16%
Number of salaries quoted 359 1,025 699
10th Percentile £24,750 £28,500 £28,954
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,201 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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 +39 2 £42,500 -13.27% 12
Newport Pagnell - 2 - -
Bletchley - 1 - - 1
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) 5G
1 9 (75.00%) Bluetooth
1 9 (75.00%) LTE
1 9 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (75.00%) Electronics
2 9 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 9 (75.00%) Lead
1 9 (75.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Manual Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) IoT
1 9 (75.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
1 9 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 9 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 9 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 9 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
1 9 (75.00%) Project Planning
1 9 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) API Testing
2 1 (8.33%) FMECA
2 1 (8.33%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (8.33%) SDLC
2 1 (8.33%) Validation
2 1 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Bash
1 9 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Degree
2 9 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (75.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (75.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Ansible
1 9 (75.00%) Puppet
1 9 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (75.00%) VMware