Senior Test Engineer Job Trends in Reading

Senior Test Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in Reading is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 474 1,290 1,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.10% 94.09% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 289 718 717
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,013 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -5.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £82,500 £87,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,525 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +2.77% -4.35%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Engineer in Reading

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Test Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Senior 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 Reading region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA