Senior Software Test Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Test Engineer salary in the South East is £45,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 384 486
Rank change year-on-year -1 +102 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer 2 25 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.012% 0.17% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.19% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £39,200 - -
25th Percentile £41,000 £67,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £70,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +86.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile £48,500 £72,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £49,400 - -
England median annual salary £46,250 £70,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year -33.93% +22.27% -8.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
East Sussex - 1 £50,000 -
Sussex - 1 £41,000 -
Senior Software Test Engineer
England

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) WPF
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (50.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree