Senior Test Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 582 746
Rank change year-on-year -1 +164 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 66 46 44
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.100% 0.12% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 47 22 27
10th Percentile £48,350 £42,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,075 £66,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +16.67% -18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 60,799 34,868 70,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 90.36% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,652 21,084 55,582
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Senior Test Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in England

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Test Engineer in England

Senior 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 Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
East of England +6 24 £50,000 - 9
London +24 14 £65,000 -3.70% 3
North of England -29 9 £71,538 +63.51% 1
South West - 7 £55,000 - 2
North East - 5 £75,000 -
Midlands -16 4 £75,000 +50.00% 1
North West -14 3 £69,741 +59.41% 1
West Midlands - 3 £75,000 -
South East -36 2 - - 6
East Midlands -34 1 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £68,076 -
Senior Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, 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 England region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (59.09%) Test Automation
2 19 (28.79%) Agile
3 16 (24.24%) Test Strategy
4 13 (19.70%) CI/CD
4 13 (19.70%) Python
5 12 (18.18%) AWS
6 11 (16.67%) Coaching
6 11 (16.67%) Degree
6 11 (16.67%) JMeter
6 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 8 (12.12%) Accessibility
7 8 (12.12%) API Testing
7 8 (12.12%) Gatling
7 8 (12.12%) Playwright
7 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
7 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
7 8 (12.12%) Selenium
8 7 (10.61%) Azure
8 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (10.61%) Git
9 6 (9.09%) BDD
9 6 (9.09%) Cypress.io
9 6 (9.09%) Functional Testing
9 6 (9.09%) Java
9 6 (9.09%) LabVIEW
9 6 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
9 6 (9.09%) Performance Testing
9 6 (9.09%) QA
9 6 (9.09%) Technical Leadership

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.03%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) AWS
2 7 (10.61%) Azure
3 4 (6.06%) GitHub
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (16.67%) JMeter
2 8 (12.12%) Gatling
2 8 (12.12%) Selenium
3 7 (10.61%) Git
4 6 (9.09%) Cypress.io
4 6 (9.09%) LabVIEW
5 5 (7.58%) REST Assured
6 4 (6.06%) GitLab
6 4 (6.06%) LoadRunner
6 4 (6.06%) SpecFlow
7 3 (4.55%) Cucumber
7 3 (4.55%) Jenkins
7 3 (4.55%) NUnit
7 3 (4.55%) Postman
8 2 (3.03%) JIRA
8 2 (3.03%) Serenity BDD
8 2 (3.03%) Visual Studio
8 2 (3.03%) WebDriver
8 2 (3.03%) Zephyr
General
1 13 (19.70%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Electronics
4 4 (6.06%) Finance
5 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Retail
6 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.52%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) Playwright
2 4 (6.06%) pytest
3 3 (4.55%) Web Services
4 2 (3.03%) Gherkin
4 2 (3.03%) Nightwatchjs
4 2 (3.03%) REST
5 1 (1.52%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (6.06%) GNSS
1 4 (6.06%) Satnav
2 3 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Unix
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
2 3 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (59.09%) Test Automation
2 19 (28.79%) Agile
3 16 (24.24%) Test Strategy
4 13 (19.70%) CI/CD
5 11 (16.67%) Coaching
5 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 8 (12.12%) API Testing
6 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.09%) BDD
8 6 (9.09%) Functional Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Performance Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (7.58%) Integration Testing
9 5 (7.58%) Test Scripting
10 4 (6.06%) B2B
10 4 (6.06%) Software Engineering
10 4 (6.06%) Software Testing
10 4 (6.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) Python
2 6 (9.09%) Java
3 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.58%) MATLAB
4 3 (4.55%) C#
5 2 (3.03%) SQL
5 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.03%) VB
6 1 (1.52%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) Degree
2 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) HND
5 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.03%) ISTQB
6 2 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) Accessibility
2 6 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Grafana
1 4 (6.06%) Kibana
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (6.06%) AppDynamics
1 4 (6.06%) Dynatrace
2 3 (4.55%) Samsung