Software Test Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Test Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Test Engineer salary in the South East is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 358 453
Rank change year-on-year -26 +95 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 16 44 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.092% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.35% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 26
10th Percentile £39,625 £27,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £47,500 £74,688 £53,750
90th Percentile - £81,250 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,379 12,711 19,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.19% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,667 8,030 12,417
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in the South East

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in the South East

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Test Engineer in the South East

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 Software Test Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Hampshire -34 13 £45,000 - 3
East Sussex +18 1 £50,000 +5.26%
Thames Valley +5 1 £37,500 -31.82%
Oxfordshire -3 1 £37,500 -
Sussex - 1 £41,000 -
Software Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 10 (62.50%) QA
3 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
3 9 (56.25%) C#
4 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 8 (50.00%) C
5 5 (31.25%) Electronics
5 5 (31.25%) Manual Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Degree
8 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 2 (12.50%) Agile
8 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
8 2 (12.50%) C++
9 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
9 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (6.25%) Test Strategy
9 1 (6.25%) Gherkin
9 1 (6.25%) User Stories
9 1 (6.25%) Exploratory Testing
9 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
9 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
9 1 (6.25%) Sprint Review
9 1 (6.25%) Product Requirements
9 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
9 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
9 1 (6.25%) .NET
9 1 (6.25%) SQL Server

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
General
1 5 (31.25%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
1 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
1 1 (6.25%) Gherkin
1 1 (6.25%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (56.25%) Software Engineering
3 5 (31.25%) Manual Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.25%) OO
5 1 (6.25%) OOD
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Product Requirements
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Scrum
5 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (6.25%) Sprint Review
5 1 (6.25%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) User Stories
5 1 (6.25%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) C#
2 8 (50.00%) C
2 8 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) QA