Senior Test Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Senior Test Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in Birmingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 126 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.17% 0.089% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.092% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,965 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £63,750 £57,965 -
% change year-on-year +9.98% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,133 2,163 1,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 95.96% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 786 1,226 1,070
10th Percentile £30,875 £33,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,227 £41,599
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £85,000 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Senior 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 Birmingham region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ATDD
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Gatling
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Gatling
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ATDD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG