Software Testing Job Trends in Peterborough

Software Testing
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 9 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 2.05% - 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% - 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile £47,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £32,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -38.68% -3.64% -18.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 331 136 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 75.57% 92.52% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 244 88 85
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £30,422
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,749 £55,730
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £65,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £59,450 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.16% -13.64% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Peterborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Peterborough over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Peterborough

Software Testing
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 6 (66.67%) SNMP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Aviation
1 6 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 9 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Junior
2 6 (66.67%) Junior Software Test Engineer
2 6 (66.67%) Junior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) .NET
1 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 6 (66.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C
1 6 (66.67%) C#
1 6 (66.67%) C++
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 6 (66.67%) Python
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared