The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Test Engineer
Rank 842 908 856
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer 17 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.016% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.003% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 7
Average salary £40,250 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £35,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,500 £39,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +25.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101379 114752 114698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84338 98449 96828
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Software Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Software Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer within the UK.

Senior Software Test Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Test Engineer
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +36 14 £40,250 +7.33%
South West - 5 £38,000 -
East of England - 4 £42,750 -
Scotland - 3 - -
Somerset - 3 £38,000 -
London +45 2 £42,500 -
South East +9 2 £45,750 +22.00%
Bristol - 2 £40,000 -
Bath - 2 £38,000 -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £40,500 -
Oxfordshire -19 1 £45,000 +28.57%
East Midlands - 1 £39,500 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Essex - 1 - -
Stevenage - 1 £45,000 -
Oxford - 1 £45,000 -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 - -
Basildon - 1 - -

Senior Software Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Test Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (41.18%) Degree
1 14 (41.18%) QA
2 11 (32.35%) Automated Testing
2 11 (32.35%) ISEB
3 9 (26.47%) Software Testing
3 9 (26.47%) Test Scripting
4 8 (23.53%) Manual Testing
4 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
4 8 (23.53%) Python
5 7 (20.59%) C#
5 7 (20.59%) .NET
5 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
6 6 (17.65%) Web Services
6 6 (17.65%) HND
6 6 (17.65%) HTTP
7 5 (14.71%) Visual Studio
7 5 (14.71%) C++
7 5 (14.71%) C
7 5 (14.71%) SQL
7 5 (14.71%) Scrum
7 5 (14.71%) Electronics
7 5 (14.71%) JIRA
8 4 (11.76%) Automation Testing
8 4 (11.76%) Windows
8 4 (11.76%) Linux
9 3 (8.824%) XML
9 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
9 3 (8.824%) OO
9 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
9 3 (8.824%) ISO 9001

Senior Software Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (20.59%) .NET
2 6 (17.65%) Web Services
3 3 (8.824%) XML
3 3 (8.824%) Middleware
4 1 (2.941%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.941%) CSS
4 1 (2.941%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) HTTP
2 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.941%) Wireless
2 1 (2.941%) LAN
2 1 (2.941%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.941%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Visual Studio
1 5 (14.71%) JIRA
2 3 (8.824%) NUnit
3 2 (5.882%) Selenium
3 2 (5.882%) TestComplete
3 2 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (5.882%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.941%) Mercurial
4 1 (2.941%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.941%) Concordion
4 1 (2.941%) FogBugz
4 1 (2.941%) FitNesse
4 1 (2.941%) Fiddler
4 1 (2.941%) Subversion
4 1 (2.941%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (2.941%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (14.71%) Electronics
2 3 (8.824%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.882%) Finance
4 1 (2.941%) Automotive
4 1 (2.941%) Games
4 1 (2.941%) Military
4 1 (2.941%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.882%) SWIFT
2 2 (5.882%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.882%) Firmware
3 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.941%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.941%) Psychology
3 1 (2.941%) iPhone
3 1 (2.941%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.941%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
2 1 (2.941%) Android
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Automated Testing
2 9 (26.47%) Software Testing
2 9 (26.47%) Test Scripting
3 8 (23.53%) Manual Testing
4 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
5 5 (14.71%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) Automation Testing
7 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (8.824%) OO
8 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.882%) Compatibility Testing
8 2 (5.882%) Test Management
8 2 (5.882%) Software Engineering
8 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
8 2 (5.882%) System Testing
8 2 (5.882%) Validation
8 2 (5.882%) V-Model
9 1 (2.941%) Performance Management
9 1 (2.941%) Embedded Software Development
9 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) Python
2 7 (20.59%) C#
3 5 (14.71%) C++
3 5 (14.71%) SQL
3 5 (14.71%) C
4 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.882%) Java
5 2 (5.882%) VBScript
6 1 (2.941%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.941%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.941%) Perl
6 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (41.18%) Degree
2 11 (32.35%) ISEB
3 8 (23.53%) ISTQB
4 6 (17.65%) HND
5 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
6 1 (2.941%) MCSA
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (41.18%) QA
2 3 (8.824%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.941%) VMware
2 1 (2.941%) FINEOS
2 1 (2.941%) Guidewire
2 1 (2.941%) IBM
Dunfermline, Fife
up to £38K DOE + excellent benefits - Dunfermline - Auto / QTP Our client is one of the most respected organisations in Fife and is looking for an experienced and technically...
Search Consultancy
Salary: excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
You will be designing, running and reporting test cases. A familiarity with bug reporting and test tools is essential. Knowledge of at least one scripting language would be...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Key responsibilities will include writing test scripts; debugging DSP assembly code; contribute to the internal test systems; investigate software defects and root causes; and create relevant documentation... Requirements: -...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: c£30k to c£45k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - Manual and Automated...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This can be GUI applications and command line utilities across Windows and GNU Linux applications... To qualify for this position Embedded Software Engineers will need a Degree in...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £37,000 to £48,000 per annum pension, shares, bonus, gym, canteen
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, Avon
My client’s test team predominately use automated testing, however would ideally like the successful Senior Tester / Software Test Engineer to have a background in both manual and...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £32,000 to £38,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Software Tools Test Engineer - GUI applications, Windows, GNU Linux, test scripts, automated test systems, ISEB... - ISEB Foundation certificate in software testing holder. - Good understanding of C / C++...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£46k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This growing network technology company develops innovative consumer electronics products for clients worldwide. Due to continued growth they are seeking a Senior Test Engineer with experience and enthusiasm...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013