Senior Software Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 725 861
Rank change year-on-year -52 +136 -165
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Tester 3 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.005% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.006% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 13
10th Percentile £40,250 £38,500 -
25th Percentile £44,375 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +13.92% -16.84%
75th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £51,500 £60,800
UK median annual salary £44,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.00% - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Tester in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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 Midlands -29 2 £57,500 +27.78%
Midlands -37 2 £57,500 +27.78%
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £40,000 - 1
Senior Software Tester
UK

Senior Software Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Senior Software Tester 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Postman
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) JMeter
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) TestNG
3 1 (33.33%) JUnit

Senior Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) TestNG
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing