Senior Test Engineer
UK
The median Senior Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 615 | 827 | 834 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +212 | +7 | +198 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer | 94 | 85 | 128 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.082% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.087% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67 | 58 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £40,000 | £43,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,875 | £41,250 | £49,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £46,250 | £57,197 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.73% | -19.14% | -4.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £55,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £60,741 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £45,000 | £57,599 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -21.87% | +15.20% |
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Engineer.
Senior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Senior Test Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 | +210 | 91 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 47 |
| England | +175 | 81 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 45 |
| South East | +125 | 61 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 15 |
| Work from Home | +99 | 8 | £52,500 | -9.43% | 11 |
| Wales | +48 | 8 | £60,000 | +48.50% | |
| East of England | +42 | 8 | £39,000 | -22.00% | 12 |
| Scotland | +115 | 4 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 4 |
| South West | +103 | 4 | £52,500 | - | 4 |
| North of England | +47 | 3 | £42,500 | -26.68% | 10 |
| North West | +9 | 3 | £42,500 | -26.68% | 3 |
| Midlands | +78 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| London | +111 | 1 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 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 featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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