Software Test Engineer
UK

The median Software Test Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 861 1045
Rank change year-on-year +43 +184 -208
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 66 114 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 47 48 79
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £72,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,000 £81,250 £62,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +1.19%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Test Engineer in the UK

Software 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 Software Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -39 66 £45,000 - 18
England +53 57 £45,000 -18.18% 19
South East -17 16 £45,000 -2.70% 6
East of England +7 15 £50,000 -23.08%
South West -20 15 £39,516 -20.97% 3
Work from Home +67 13 £40,000 +25.00% 11
North of England +45 10 £35,000 -26.32% 5
Scotland -71 8 £48,750 +8.33%
Yorkshire - 7 £35,000 - 1
North West +1 3 £42,500 -10.53% 4
London +99 1 £67,500 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +12 1 £47,500 +6.15% 4
Wales +7 1 £27,500 -25.68%
Midlands -11 1 £47,500 +18.75% 4

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 65 (98.48%) Software Testing
2 26 (39.39%) Software Engineering
3 25 (37.88%) Regression Testing
3 25 (37.88%) Test Automation
4 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
5 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 20 (30.30%) Degree
7 19 (28.79%) Python
7 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (24.24%) Windows
8 16 (24.24%) C#
9 15 (22.73%) Linux
9 15 (22.73%) Agile
10 14 (21.21%) ISTQB
11 13 (19.70%) QA
12 12 (18.18%) C
13 11 (16.67%) SQL
13 11 (16.67%) Time Management
13 11 (16.67%) DevOps
14 10 (15.15%) JIRA
14 10 (15.15%) Electronics
14 10 (15.15%) CI/CD
15 9 (13.64%) Embedded C
15 9 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
16 8 (12.12%) Manual Testing
16 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
16 8 (12.12%) Git
16 8 (12.12%) Cypress.io
16 8 (12.12%) JavaScript

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 (10.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (7.58%) Azure
3 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.06%) GitHub
4 3 (4.55%) AWS
5 2 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.52%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) Internet
2 3 (4.55%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.03%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.03%) MySQL
3 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) JIRA
2 8 (12.12%) Cypress.io
2 8 (12.12%) Git
2 8 (12.12%) Visual Studio
3 7 (10.61%) Postman
4 6 (9.09%) Bitbucket
4 6 (9.09%) MSTest
5 5 (7.58%) Jenkins
5 5 (7.58%) Selenium
6 4 (6.06%) Appium
6 4 (6.06%) Katalon Studio
7 3 (4.55%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (4.55%) Rational Team Concert
7 3 (4.55%) UI Automator
8 1 (1.52%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.52%) GitLab
8 1 (1.52%) LabVIEW
8 1 (1.52%) WebDriver
General
1 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.15%) Electronics
4 7 (10.61%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.52%) Agriculture
6 1 (1.52%) Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) .NET
1 6 (9.09%) Gherkin
2 5 (7.58%) HTML
3 4 (6.06%) Web Services
3 4 (6.06%) XML
3 4 (6.06%) XSLT
4 3 (4.55%) Qt
5 2 (3.03%) MSMQ
5 2 (3.03%) Playwright
6 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.52%) CSS
6 1 (1.52%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.52%) Laravel
6 1 (1.52%) Node.js
6 1 (1.52%) pytest
6 1 (1.52%) RESTful
6 1 (1.52%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (1.52%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) IoT
2 4 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 4 (6.06%) NHS
3 3 (4.55%) PCIe
3 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.24%) Windows
2 15 (22.73%) Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Android
4 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (98.48%) Software Testing
2 26 (39.39%) Software Engineering
3 25 (37.88%) Regression Testing
3 25 (37.88%) Test Automation
4 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (22.73%) Agile
6 11 (16.67%) DevOps
6 11 (16.67%) Time Management
7 10 (15.15%) CI/CD
8 9 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (12.12%) Manual Testing
9 8 (12.12%) Scenario Testing
10 7 (10.61%) Functional Testing
10 7 (10.61%) Test Management
10 7 (10.61%) Test Scripting
11 6 (9.09%) BDD
11 6 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
11 6 (9.09%) Energy Management
11 6 (9.09%) Open Source
11 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (28.79%) Python
2 16 (24.24%) C#
3 12 (18.18%) C
4 11 (16.67%) SQL
5 9 (13.64%) Embedded C
6 8 (12.12%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.06%) Groovy
7 4 (6.06%) Java
8 3 (4.55%) C++
8 3 (4.55%) MATLAB
9 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Degree
2 14 (21.21%) ISTQB
3 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) CIPD
4 4 (6.06%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) HND
6 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) Def Stans
2 3 (4.55%) MISRA
3 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (6.06%) VMware Server
2 3 (4.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 22 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) Google
2 4 (6.06%) VMware
3 3 (4.55%) IBM