Software Test Engineer Job Trends in Birkenhead

Software Test Engineer
Merseyside > Birkenhead

The median Software Test Engineer salary in Birkenhead is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birkenhead 1.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
Merseyside median annual salary £30,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birkenhead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birkenhead. 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 Birkenhead with a recognized job title 56 16 42
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.25% 88.89% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 54 1 38
10th Percentile £28,000 - £21,050
25th Percentile - - £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £40,000 - -
90th Percentile £67,500 - £75,000
Merseyside median annual salary £50,000 £47,250 £48,250
% change year-on-year +5.82% -2.07% +7.22%

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birkenhead

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, Software Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birkenhead region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birkenhead by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR