Senior Test Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Test Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in the South East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 352 490
Rank change year-on-year -21 +138 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 31 25 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.19% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 14
10th Percentile £42,000 £48,149 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,375 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £81,875 £61,875
90th Percentile - £91,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% -7.20% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £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 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Senior Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Test Engineer in the South East

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Test Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hampshire -21 19 £55,000 -21.43% 6
Thames Valley -7 6 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire -14 3 £45,000 -
Surrey -14 3 £55,000 -37.14% 1
Buckinghamshire - 3 - -
East Sussex - 1 £50,000 -
Kent - 1 £47,500 -
Sussex - 1 £41,000 -
Senior Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (35.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) Manufacturing
3 5 (16.13%) Retail
4 4 (12.90%) Military
4 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
4 4 (12.90%) Regression Testing
4 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Synthetic Environment
5 3 (9.68%) Python
5 3 (9.68%) Agile
5 3 (9.68%) Degree
5 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
5 3 (9.68%) Use Case
5 3 (9.68%) Performance Testing
5 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.45%) JIRA
6 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.45%) QA
6 2 (6.45%) Games
6 2 (6.45%) Electronics
6 2 (6.45%) Firmware
6 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.23%) TestRail
7 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineering
7 1 (3.23%) Postman
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Aviation
7 1 (3.23%) Project Management
7 1 (3.23%) Finance

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.23%) Postman
2 1 (3.23%) Selenium
2 1 (3.23%) TestRail
General
1 10 (32.26%) Manufacturing
2 5 (16.13%) Retail
3 4 (12.90%) Aerospace
3 4 (12.90%) Military
3 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Electronics
4 2 (6.45%) Games
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Aviation
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) .NET
1 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.23%) Entity Framework
1 1 (3.23%) Gherkin
1 1 (3.23%) Swagger
1 1 (3.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Animation
1 1 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.90%) Regression Testing
1 4 (12.90%) Synthetic Environment
2 3 (9.68%) Agile
2 3 (9.68%) Performance Testing
2 3 (9.68%) Software Testing
2 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
2 3 (9.68%) Use Case
3 2 (6.45%) Computer Science
3 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.23%) API Testing
4 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.23%) OO
4 1 (3.23%) Project Management
4 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (3.23%) Test Scripting
4 1 (3.23%) Test Strategy
4 1 (3.23%) Time Management
4 1 (3.23%) User Stories
4 1 (3.23%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) C#
2 1 (3.23%) C++
2 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) HNC
4 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft