Software Test Engineer
UK
The median Software Test Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 629 | 849 | 856 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +220 | +7 | +191 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer | 71 | 63 | 124 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.064% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.067% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66 | 47 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,750 | £32,500 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £36,625 | £39,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £44,033 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.26% | -7.30% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £49,375 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56,000 | £81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £44,033 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.26% | -2.15% | +4.65% |
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 | 49,015 | 93,487 | 94,651 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,518 | 67,038 | 59,603 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Test Engineer.
Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Software Test Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 | +203 | 68 | £60,000 | +36.26% | 39 |
| England | +175 | 62 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 39 |
| South East | +128 | 48 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 21 |
| South West | +119 | 10 | £34,500 | -12.69% | 4 |
| Wales | +44 | 7 | £60,000 | +118.18% | |
| Work from Home | +141 | 4 | £44,000 | +17.33% | 20 |
| London | +99 | 2 | £44,000 | -34.81% | |
| Scotland | +122 | 1 | £60,000 | +60.00% | |
| Midlands | +56 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | +43 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| East of England | +26 | 1 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 4 |
Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 Software Test Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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