Software Test Engineer Jobs in Basingstoke

Software Test Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Software Test Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 0.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 407 544 344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 97.32% 92.47%
Number of salaries quoted 355 456 236
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,942 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -3.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,250
Hampshire median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +8.00% -2.44% -2.38%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in Basingstoke

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

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

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in Basingstoke

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Basingstoke region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) GraphQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript