Software Testing Job Trends in Leighton Buzzard

Software Testing
Bedfordshire > Leighton Buzzard

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leighton Buzzard requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leighton Buzzard 2.04% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary - £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +35.71% -22.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leighton Buzzard

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 Leighton Buzzard.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 19 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leighton Buzzard 87.76% 95.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 1
10th Percentile - £40,250 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £49,679 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,734 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.85% +98.98% -35.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £26,500
90th Percentile - £64,875 -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leighton Buzzard

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leighton Buzzard.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Leighton Buzzard

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Leighton Buzzard

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leighton Buzzard citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leighton Buzzard citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leighton Buzzard 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy