Senior Software Tester Jobs in England

Senior Software Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Software Tester salary in England is £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 894 1163
Rank change year-on-year +50 +269 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Tester 7 5 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.006% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile £41,550 £39,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,250 £42,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £54,250 £66,375 -
90th Percentile £63,750 £74,700 £60,200
UK median annual salary £44,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.00% - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Tester in England

Senior Software Tester
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Tester in England.

Salary trend for Senior Software Tester in England

Senior Software Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Tester in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Tester in England

Senior Software Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. 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
London +87 4 £44,500 -43.31%
Midlands -24 2 £57,500 +27.78%
East Midlands -36 2 £57,500 +27.78%
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £40,000 - 1
Senior Software Tester
UK

Senior Software Tester Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Senior Software Tester 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 England region featuring Senior Software Tester in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Playwright
2 4 (57.14%) SpecFlow
2 4 (57.14%) API Testing
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) SOAP
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) SoapUI
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Postman
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) TestNG
4 1 (14.29%) JMeter
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) JUnit

Senior Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (57.14%) SpecFlow
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Postman
2 2 (28.57%) SoapUI
3 1 (14.29%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) JUnit
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
3 1 (14.29%) TestNG
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Playwright
2 2 (28.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) API Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#