Senior Software Test Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Software Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Software Test Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 840 909
Rank change year-on-year +216 +69 +228
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer 44 4 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.005% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.005% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 44 4 5
10th Percentile £51,250 £38,975 £60,000
25th Percentile - £40,438 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -33.93% +22.27%
75th Percentile - £54,688 £77,500
90th Percentile - £63,125 £79,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £46,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +29.73% -33.93% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 42,728 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,644 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,415 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,915 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in England

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in England

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Test Engineer in England

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
South East +140 44 £60,000 +31.87% 2
Senior Software Test Engineer
UK

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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

1 44 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 42 (95.45%) Test Automation
3 38 (86.36%) Validation
3 38 (86.36%) Verification and Validation
4 37 (84.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 37 (84.09%) Degree
5 36 (81.82%) Computer Science
5 36 (81.82%) Agile
5 36 (81.82%) Waterfall
5 36 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 36 (81.82%) UML
5 36 (81.82%) Configuration Management
6 30 (68.18%) Code Quality
7 6 (13.64%) Git
7 6 (13.64%) GraphQL
7 6 (13.64%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (13.64%) TypeScript
7 6 (13.64%) SDLC
7 6 (13.64%) API Testing
7 6 (13.64%) Regression Testing
7 6 (13.64%) Ada
7 6 (13.64%) Test Strategy
7 6 (13.64%) SpecFlow
7 6 (13.64%) Selenium
7 6 (13.64%) Test Scripting
7 6 (13.64%) System Testing
8 4 (9.09%) C#
9 3 (6.82%) Cypress.io
9 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
10 1 (2.27%) Hardware-in-the-Loop

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Git
1 6 (13.64%) Selenium
1 6 (13.64%) SpecFlow
2 3 (6.82%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.27%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (2.27%) Automotive
1 1 (2.27%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) GraphQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 42 (95.45%) Test Automation
3 38 (86.36%) Validation
3 38 (86.36%) Verification and Validation
4 36 (81.82%) Agile
4 36 (81.82%) Computer Science
4 36 (81.82%) Configuration Management
4 36 (81.82%) UML
4 36 (81.82%) Waterfall
5 30 (68.18%) Code Quality
6 6 (13.64%) API Testing
6 6 (13.64%) Regression Testing
6 6 (13.64%) Scenario Testing
6 6 (13.64%) SDLC
6 6 (13.64%) System Testing
6 6 (13.64%) Test Scripting
6 6 (13.64%) Test Strategy
7 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
8 1 (2.27%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 1 (2.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Ada
1 6 (13.64%) TypeScript
2 4 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (2.27%) C
3 1 (2.27%) Embedded C
3 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (84.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 37 (84.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (2.27%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (2.27%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) NIST 800