Senior Test Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Test Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.

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

	6 months to 9 Apr 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	66	-	80
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer	3	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne	0.31%	-	0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.32%	-	0.10%
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	1
10^th Percentile	£65,409	-	-
25^th Percentile	£69,005	-	£55,188
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	-	£57,965
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+15.93%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£60,741
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Tyne and Wear median annual salary	£75,000	-	£57,965
% change year-on-year	-	-	+15.93%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title	933	295	958
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	96.78%	96.09%	97.56%
Number of salaries quoted	749	223	815
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£32,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£41,250	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	+15.79%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£70,000	£65,250
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£83,700	£77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary	£50,000	£52,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	+10.53%	-9.52%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 9 April 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1	3 (100.00%)	Test Automation
2	1 (33.33%)	Accessibility
2	1 (33.33%)	Agile
2	1 (33.33%)	CI/CD
2	1 (33.33%)	Coaching
2	1 (33.33%)	Collaborative Culture
2	1 (33.33%)	Community of Practice
2	1 (33.33%)	Cypress.io
2	1 (33.33%)	Design for Test
2	1 (33.33%)	Gatling
2	1 (33.33%)	GitLab
2	1 (33.33%)	Java
2	1 (33.33%)	Jenkins
2	1 (33.33%)	JMeter
2	1 (33.33%)	Mentoring

2	1 (33.33%)	Playwright
2	1 (33.33%)	REST Assured
2	1 (33.33%)	Selenium
2	1 (33.33%)	Technical Leadership
2	1 (33.33%)	Test Strategy

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (33.33%)	Cypress.io
1	1 (33.33%)	Gatling
1	1 (33.33%)	GitLab
1	1 (33.33%)	Jenkins
1	1 (33.33%)	JMeter
1	1 (33.33%)	REST Assured
1	1 (33.33%)	Selenium

General
1	1 (33.33%)	Public Sector

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	1 (33.33%)	Playwright

Processes & Methodologies
1	3 (100.00%)	Test Automation
2	1 (33.33%)	Agile
2	1 (33.33%)	CI/CD
2	1 (33.33%)	Coaching
2	1 (33.33%)	Collaborative Culture
2	1 (33.33%)	Community of Practice
2	1 (33.33%)	Design for Test
2	1 (33.33%)	Mentoring
2	1 (33.33%)	Technical Leadership
2	1 (33.33%)	Test Strategy

Programming Languages
1	1 (33.33%)	Java

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	1 (33.33%)	Accessibility

Senior Test EngineerTyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

All Permanent IT Job RolesNewcastle upon Tyne

Senior Test EngineerJob Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Test EngineerSalary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Test Engineer Skill SetTop 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Test Engineer Skill SetCo-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category