Junior Software Test Engineer Job Trends in Peterborough

Junior Software Test Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Junior Software Test Engineer salary in Peterborough is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Test Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £28,800 - -
25th Percentile £29,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 397 131 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.78% 95.62% 87.29%
Number of salaries quoted 265 89 147
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £55,365
90th Percentile £72,489 £68,750 £65,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -

Junior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, Junior Software Test Engineer 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 Peterborough region featuring Junior Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SNMP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Windows

Junior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SNMP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
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