Senior Software Test Engineer
UK
The median Senior Software Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 672 | 895 | 913 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +223 | +18 | +319 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Test Engineer | 58 | 4 | 57 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.004% | 0.057% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.004% | 0.063% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 57 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,000 | £38,975 | £55,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £40,438 | £58,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £46,250 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.73% | -33.93% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £54,688 | £76,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £63,125 | £78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £46,250 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.73% | -26.00% | +56.25% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Senior Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Test Engineer over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Senior Software Test Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 17 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +234 | 58 | £60,000 | +29.73% | 1 |
| England | +184 | 49 | £60,000 | +29.73% | 1 |
| South East | +131 | 49 | £60,000 | +31.87% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 8 | £60,000 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £60,000 | - |
Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 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 featuring Senior Software Test Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: