Test Technician Job Trends in Leighton Buzzard

Test Technician
Bedfordshire > Leighton Buzzard

The median Test Technician salary in Leighton Buzzard is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Technician 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leighton Buzzard 7.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £34,000 - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £37,500 - £40,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leighton Buzzard

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leighton Buzzard. 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 Leighton Buzzard with a recognized job title 32 23 10
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.05% 62.16% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 19 2 7
10th Percentile £25,900 £43,000 £27,842
25th Percentile £27,000 £47,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +69.23% -40.91%
75th Percentile £40,000 £62,500 £52,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,000 £53,750
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%

Test Technician Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leighton Buzzard

For the 6 months to 12 October 2026, Test Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leighton Buzzard region featuring Test Technician in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel

Test Technician Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
Test Technician jobs