Senior Test Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Test Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 795 1037
Rank change year-on-year +5 +242 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Engineer 73 99 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 43 59 121
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,699 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -7.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £59,745 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £64,148 £91,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Engineer in England

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Test Engineer in England

Senior Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Test Engineer in England

Senior Test Engineer
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 Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -21 31 £47,500 -32.14% 8
East of England -4 15 £50,000 - 2
West Midlands -7 10 £42,500 -
Midlands -35 10 £42,500 -34.62% 2
North of England -3 8 £57,965 -7.26% 7
South West -51 6 £52,500 +10.53% 1
London +81 4 £67,500 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire +56 3 £57,965 -18.65% 2
North West -24 3 £57,965 -35.60% 2
North East -20 2 £57,965 +3.97% 3
Senior Test Engineer
UK

Senior Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Senior Test Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (27.40%) Agile
2 19 (26.03%) Test Automation
3 13 (17.81%) Non-Functional Testing
3 13 (17.81%) Manufacturing
4 12 (16.44%) Software Testing
4 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
5 11 (15.07%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (15.07%) Software Engineering
6 9 (12.33%) Military
7 8 (10.96%) JIRA
7 8 (10.96%) DevOps
7 8 (10.96%) CI/CD
8 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
8 7 (9.59%) Coaching
8 7 (9.59%) Degree
8 7 (9.59%) Test Scripting
8 7 (9.59%) Git
8 7 (9.59%) Test Strategy
8 7 (9.59%) LabVIEW
8 7 (9.59%) Electronics
8 7 (9.59%) Scrum
8 7 (9.59%) C#
8 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
8 7 (9.59%) Regression Testing
9 6 (8.22%) SQL
9 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
9 6 (8.22%) Python
9 6 (8.22%) Automotive
9 6 (8.22%) Validation
9 6 (8.22%) Agile Testing

Senior Test Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.22%) Azure
2 5 (6.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.37%) Firebase
3 1 (1.37%) GitHub
3 1 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) Bluetooth
1 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (5.48%) ZigBee
2 1 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) Relational Database
1 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.85%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.37%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.37%) MySQL
3 1 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (10.96%) JIRA
2 7 (9.59%) Git
2 7 (9.59%) LabVIEW
3 6 (8.22%) Postman
4 5 (6.85%) MSTest
4 5 (6.85%) SoapUI
5 3 (4.11%) Jenkins
5 3 (4.11%) Selenium
6 2 (2.74%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.37%) Appium
7 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.37%) GitLab
7 1 (1.37%) mountebank
7 1 (1.37%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.37%) Subversion
7 1 (1.37%) TestRail
General
1 13 (17.81%) Manufacturing
2 9 (12.33%) Military
3 7 (9.59%) Electronics
4 6 (8.22%) Automotive
5 5 (6.85%) Retail
5 5 (6.85%) Social Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.11%) Games
7 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.74%) Aviation
8 2 (2.74%) Finance
9 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
9 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) REST
2 5 (6.85%) JSON
2 5 (6.85%) SOAP
2 5 (6.85%) XML
3 2 (2.74%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.37%) .NET
4 1 (1.37%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.37%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.37%) Kafka
4 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.37%) pytest
4 1 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.37%) Swagger
4 1 (1.37%) WebdriverIO
4 1 (1.37%) WireMock
4 1 (1.37%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.48%) IoT
3 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Animation
5 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.40%) Agile
2 19 (26.03%) Test Automation
3 13 (17.81%) Non-Functional Testing
4 12 (16.44%) Software Testing
5 11 (15.07%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (15.07%) Software Engineering
6 8 (10.96%) CI/CD
6 8 (10.96%) DevOps
7 7 (9.59%) Coaching
7 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
7 7 (9.59%) Regression Testing
7 7 (9.59%) Scrum
7 7 (9.59%) Test Scripting
7 7 (9.59%) Test Strategy
8 6 (8.22%) Agile Testing
8 6 (8.22%) API Testing
8 6 (8.22%) Defect Management
8 6 (8.22%) Functional Testing
8 6 (8.22%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (8.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.59%) C#
2 6 (8.22%) Python
2 6 (8.22%) SQL
3 5 (6.85%) T-SQL
4 4 (5.48%) C
5 2 (2.74%) Java
6 1 (1.37%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) Go
6 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (16.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.59%) Degree
3 5 (6.85%) ISTQB
4 3 (4.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) HNC
6 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.85%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.11%) Firmware
2 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.37%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (1.37%) EMC
2 1 (1.37%) Google
2 1 (1.37%) Salesforce