Software Test Engineer
UK

The median Software Test Engineer salary in the UK is £44,033 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 858 1042
Rank change year-on-year +27 +184 -192
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 65 117 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 47 48 80
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,625 £40,000 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,033 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £49,375 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,000 £81,250 £62,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,033 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -2.15% +4.65% +1.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in the UK

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in the UK

Software Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Test Engineer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Test Engineer in the UK

Software Test Engineer
Top 15 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 14 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
UK excluding London -49 65 £44,033 -2.15% 13
England +47 56 £45,000 -18.18% 13
South East -23 16 £45,000 -2.70% 4
East of England +4 15 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Work from Home +58 14 £37,500 +17.19% 6
South West -23 14 £39,516 -20.97% 1
North of England +43 10 £35,000 -26.32% 3
Scotland -62 7 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire - 7 £35,000 - 1
North West +6 3 £42,500 -10.53% 2
London +118 1 £67,500 -10.00% 1
Northern Ireland +30 1 £35,000 -
Wales +10 1 £27,500 -25.68%
West Midlands +5 1 £47,500 +6.15% 3
Midlands +1 1 £47,500 +18.75% 3

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (98.46%) Software Testing
2 25 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 25 (38.46%) Test Automation
3 24 (36.92%) Regression Testing
4 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
5 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
6 19 (29.23%) Degree
7 18 (27.69%) Python
7 18 (27.69%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (26.15%) C#
9 16 (24.62%) Agile
10 15 (23.08%) Windows
10 15 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (21.54%) Linux
12 13 (20.00%) ISTQB
12 13 (20.00%) QA
13 12 (18.46%) C
14 11 (16.92%) SQL
14 11 (16.92%) DevOps
15 10 (15.38%) Time Management
15 10 (15.38%) Electronics
15 10 (15.38%) CI/CD
16 9 (13.85%) Embedded C
16 9 (13.85%) JIRA
16 9 (13.85%) Continuous Integration
17 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
17 8 (12.31%) Git
17 8 (12.31%) Cypress.io
17 8 (12.31%) JavaScript
17 8 (12.31%) Visual Studio

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.77%) Confluence
2 1 (1.54%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.23%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (7.69%) Azure
3 4 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.15%) GitHub
4 3 (4.62%) AWS
5 2 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.54%) Firebase
6 1 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.23%) Internet
2 3 (4.62%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.08%) MySQL
3 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (13.85%) JIRA
2 8 (12.31%) Cypress.io
2 8 (12.31%) Git
2 8 (12.31%) Postman
2 8 (12.31%) Visual Studio
3 6 (9.23%) Bitbucket
3 6 (9.23%) MSTest
4 5 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 5 (7.69%) Selenium
5 4 (6.15%) Appium
5 4 (6.15%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (4.62%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (4.62%) Rational Team Concert
6 3 (4.62%) UI Automator
7 1 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.54%) GitLab
7 1 (1.54%) LabVIEW
7 1 (1.54%) WebDriver
General
1 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 18 (27.69%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.38%) Electronics
4 7 (10.77%) Finance
5 6 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.54%) Agriculture
7 1 (1.54%) Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Marketing
7 1 (1.54%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) .NET
2 6 (9.23%) Gherkin
3 5 (7.69%) HTML
4 4 (6.15%) Web Services
4 4 (6.15%) XML
4 4 (6.15%) XSLT
5 3 (4.62%) Qt
6 2 (3.08%) MSMQ
6 2 (3.08%) Playwright
7 1 (1.54%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.54%) CSS
7 1 (1.54%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.54%) Laravel
7 1 (1.54%) Node.js
7 1 (1.54%) pytest
7 1 (1.54%) RESTful
7 1 (1.54%) WebdriverIO
7 1 (1.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) IoT
2 4 (6.15%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.15%) NHS
3 3 (4.62%) PCIe
3 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.08%) Windows
2 14 (21.54%) Linux
3 4 (6.15%) Android
4 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (98.46%) Software Testing
2 25 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 25 (38.46%) Test Automation
3 24 (36.92%) Regression Testing
4 16 (24.62%) Agile
5 15 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (16.92%) DevOps
7 10 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 10 (15.38%) Time Management
8 9 (13.85%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (12.31%) Scenario Testing
10 7 (10.77%) Functional Testing
10 7 (10.77%) Manual Testing
10 7 (10.77%) Test Management
10 7 (10.77%) Test Scripting
11 6 (9.23%) BDD
11 6 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (9.23%) Continuous Delivery
11 6 (9.23%) Open Source
11 6 (9.23%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.69%) Python
2 17 (26.15%) C#
3 12 (18.46%) C
4 11 (16.92%) SQL
5 9 (13.85%) Embedded C
6 8 (12.31%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.15%) Groovy
7 4 (6.15%) Java
8 3 (4.62%) C++
8 3 (4.62%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (29.23%) Degree
2 13 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 8 (12.31%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) CIPD
4 4 (6.15%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.54%) HND
6 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.00%) QA
2 3 (4.62%) Def Stans
2 3 (4.62%) MISRA
3 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (6.15%) VMware Server
2 3 (4.62%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Google
2 4 (6.15%) VMware
3 3 (4.62%) IBM