Senior Software Test Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Test Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 391 381
Rank change year-on-year +149 -10 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer 50 2 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.53% 0.012% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.013% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 50 2 2
10th Percentile £51,250 £39,200 -
25th Percentile - £41,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -35.00% +86.67%
75th Percentile - £48,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £49,400 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £46,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +29.73% -33.93% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,126 15,757 13,122
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.55% 93.95% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,501 11,308 8,289
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Isle of Wight - 42 £60,000 - 1
Hampshire - 6 £52,500 -
Kent - 1 £49,500 -
Thames Valley - 1 £55,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £55,000 -
Senior Software Test Engineer
England

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 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 South East region featuring Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 48 (96.00%) Test Automation
3 44 (88.00%) Validation
3 44 (88.00%) Verification and Validation
4 43 (86.00%) Degree
5 42 (84.00%) Computer Science
5 42 (84.00%) Agile
5 42 (84.00%) Waterfall
5 42 (84.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 42 (84.00%) UML
5 42 (84.00%) Configuration Management
6 39 (78.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (60.00%) Code Quality
8 12 (24.00%) Ada
9 6 (12.00%) Regression Testing
9 6 (12.00%) Test Strategy
9 6 (12.00%) SpecFlow
9 6 (12.00%) Selenium
9 6 (12.00%) Test Scripting
9 6 (12.00%) System Testing
9 6 (12.00%) Git
9 6 (12.00%) GraphQL
9 6 (12.00%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (12.00%) TypeScript
9 6 (12.00%) SDLC
9 6 (12.00%) API Testing
10 4 (8.00%) C#
11 3 (6.00%) Cypress.io
11 3 (6.00%) CI/CD
12 1 (2.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop

Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Git
1 6 (12.00%) Selenium
1 6 (12.00%) SpecFlow
2 3 (6.00%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (2.00%) Automotive
1 1 (2.00%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) GraphQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 48 (96.00%) Test Automation
3 44 (88.00%) Validation
3 44 (88.00%) Verification and Validation
4 42 (84.00%) Agile
4 42 (84.00%) Computer Science
4 42 (84.00%) Configuration Management
4 42 (84.00%) UML
4 42 (84.00%) Waterfall
5 30 (60.00%) Code Quality
6 6 (12.00%) API Testing
6 6 (12.00%) Regression Testing
6 6 (12.00%) Scenario Testing
6 6 (12.00%) SDLC
6 6 (12.00%) System Testing
6 6 (12.00%) Test Scripting
6 6 (12.00%) Test Strategy
7 3 (6.00%) CI/CD
8 1 (2.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 1 (2.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) Ada
2 6 (12.00%) TypeScript
3 4 (8.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) C
4 1 (2.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (2.00%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (86.00%) Degree
2 39 (78.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (84.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (2.00%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (2.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) NIST 800