Software Test Engineer Jobs in England

Software Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Software Test Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 844 1017
Rank change year-on-year +66 +173 -220
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 55 100 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.11% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.12% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 45 44 64
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,125 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +6.84% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £68,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £81,250 £69,000
UK median annual salary £43,266 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in England

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in England

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Test Engineer in England

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 Software Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 -24 16 £45,000 -2.70% 3
East of England +13 15 £50,000 -23.08% 5
South West -17 12 £39,516 -20.97% 2
North of England +38 10 £35,000 -12.50% 2
Yorkshire +96 7 £35,000 +7.69% 2
North West +8 3 £42,500 -10.53%
Midlands +10 2 £41,250 +3.13% 2
London +118 1 £67,500 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +29 1 £47,500 +35.71% 2
East Midlands -16 1 £35,000 -12.50%
Software Test Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (98.18%) Software Testing
2 23 (41.82%) Software Engineering
3 18 (32.73%) Test Automation
4 17 (30.91%) Python
5 16 (29.09%) C#
5 16 (29.09%) Regression Testing
6 13 (23.64%) QA
6 13 (23.64%) Windows
6 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
6 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
7 12 (21.82%) Linux
7 12 (21.82%) C
8 11 (20.00%) Degree
9 10 (18.18%) ISTQB
9 10 (18.18%) Agile
9 10 (18.18%) Electronics
9 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (16.36%) Embedded C
11 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
11 8 (14.55%) Time Management
11 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.73%) Manual Testing
12 7 (12.73%) BDD
12 7 (12.73%) Postman
13 6 (10.91%) Azure
13 6 (10.91%) Test Scripting
13 6 (10.91%) DevOps
13 6 (10.91%) Gherkin
13 6 (10.91%) SQL

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) Apache
1 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.45%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Azure
2 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.27%) GitHub
4 3 (5.45%) AWS
5 2 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.82%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) Internet
2 3 (5.45%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.64%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.64%) MySQL
3 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Postman
2 5 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 5 (9.09%) Selenium
3 4 (7.27%) Appium
3 4 (7.27%) Katalon Studio
4 3 (5.45%) JIRA
4 3 (5.45%) Rational Rhapsody
4 3 (5.45%) Rational Team Concert
4 3 (5.45%) UI Automator
5 2 (3.64%) Cypress.io
5 2 (3.64%) Git
5 2 (3.64%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.82%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.82%) GitLab
6 1 (1.82%) LabVIEW
6 1 (1.82%) WebDriver
General
1 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Electronics
3 4 (7.27%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.82%) Agriculture
4 1 (1.82%) Banking
4 1 (1.82%) Finance
4 1 (1.82%) Marketing
4 1 (1.82%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) .NET
1 6 (10.91%) Gherkin
2 5 (9.09%) HTML
3 4 (7.27%) Web Services
3 4 (7.27%) XML
3 4 (7.27%) XSLT
4 3 (5.45%) Qt
5 2 (3.64%) MSMQ
5 2 (3.64%) Playwright
6 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.82%) CSS
6 1 (1.82%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.82%) Laravel
6 1 (1.82%) Node.js
6 1 (1.82%) pytest
6 1 (1.82%) RESTful
6 1 (1.82%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (1.82%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Mobile App
1 4 (7.27%) NHS
2 3 (5.45%) PCIe
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.64%) Windows
2 12 (21.82%) Linux
3 4 (7.27%) Android
4 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (98.18%) Software Testing
2 23 (41.82%) Software Engineering
3 18 (32.73%) Test Automation
4 16 (29.09%) Regression Testing
5 13 (23.64%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.18%) Agile
7 8 (14.55%) Time Management
8 7 (12.73%) BDD
8 7 (12.73%) Manual Testing
9 6 (10.91%) DevOps
9 6 (10.91%) Test Scripting
10 5 (9.09%) Mathematics
10 5 (9.09%) TDD
11 4 (7.27%) Defect Tracking
11 4 (7.27%) Desktop Virtualisation
11 4 (7.27%) Load Testing
11 4 (7.27%) Process Improvement
11 4 (7.27%) Scrum
11 4 (7.27%) SOA
11 4 (7.27%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.91%) Python
2 16 (29.09%) C#
3 12 (21.82%) C
4 9 (16.36%) Embedded C
5 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
6 6 (10.91%) SQL
7 4 (7.27%) Groovy
7 4 (7.27%) Java
8 3 (5.45%) C++
8 3 (5.45%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Degree
2 10 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.27%) CIPD
4 4 (7.27%) DBS Check
5 3 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.64%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Def Stans
2 3 (5.45%) MISRA
3 2 (3.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (7.27%) VMware Server
2 3 (5.45%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.27%) Google
2 4 (7.27%) VMware
3 3 (5.45%) IBM