Software Test Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Software Test Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Software Test Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £58,000 - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +44.44% -12.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 1,797 1,719 2,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 86.64% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,419 848 998
10th Percentile £25,809 £30,819 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in Hertfordshire

Software Test Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Stevenage - 3 £65,000 -
Software Test Engineer
East of England

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Software Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (75.00%) MISRA
2 3 (75.00%) Rational Team Concert
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) PCIe
2 3 (75.00%) Qt
2 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (75.00%) SysML
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 3 (75.00%) Simulink
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 3 (75.00%) Rational Team Concert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) SysML
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM