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This section looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs within the Abingdon region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5649
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads25
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.592 %1.408 %
Salaries quoted24
Average minimum salary£31,000£24,750
Average salary£32,250£29,000
% change on same period last year+11.20 %
Average maximum salary£33,500£33,250
UK excluding London average salary£31,433£32,444
% change on same period last year-3.11 %
Abingdon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Abingdon
Matching permanent IT job ads338355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.182 %0.148 %
Salaries quoted329297
Average minimum salary£34,565£35,427
Average salary£38,603£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Average maximum salary£42,641£42,888
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Test Engineer OxfordshireTest Engineer
Oxfordshire

Test Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Abingdon Test Engineer Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title.

15 (45.45 %)Education
15 (45.45 %)Government
23 (27.27 %)Project Management
23 (27.27 %)LoadRunner
23 (27.27 %)SilkPerformer
23 (27.27 %)Performance Testing
23 (27.27 %)Resource Management
32 (18.18 %)Use Case
32 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
32 (18.18 %)Segue
32 (18.18 %)Microsoft
32 (18.18 %)TestDirector
32 (18.18 %)MS Project
32 (18.18 %)C#
32 (18.18 %)VB.NET
32 (18.18 %).NET
32 (18.18 %)Disaster Recovery
32 (18.18 %)Workflow
41 (9.091 %)Finance
41 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
41 (9.091 %)Management Information System
41 (9.091 %)Regression Testing
41 (9.091 %)Oracle
41 (9.091 %)Sybase
41 (9.091 %)VBA
41 (9.091 %)Perl
41 (9.091 %)SQL
41 (9.091 %)VB
41 (9.091 %)UNIX
41 (9.091 %)Windows

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited Test Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Abingdon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (18.18 %).NET
Abingdon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Project
Abingdon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (27.27 %)LoadRunner
13 (27.27 %)SilkPerformer
22 (18.18 %)TestDirector
31 (9.091 %)QuickTest Pro
Abingdon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (45.45 %)Education
15 (45.45 %)Government
21 (9.091 %)Finance
Abingdon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Management Information System
Abingdon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)UNIX
11 (9.091 %)Windows
Abingdon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)Project Management
13 (27.27 %)Resource Management
13 (27.27 %)Performance Testing
22 (18.18 %)Security Cleared
22 (18.18 %)Use Case
22 (18.18 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (18.18 %)Workflow
31 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
31 (9.091 %)Software Testing
31 (9.091 %)Regression Testing
31 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
31 (9.091 %)Test Management
31 (9.091 %)Test Scripting
31 (9.091 %)Manual Testing
Abingdon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (18.18 %)C#
12 (18.18 %)VB.NET
21 (9.091 %)VBA
21 (9.091 %)Python
21 (9.091 %)Tcl
21 (9.091 %)Perl
21 (9.091 %)SQL
21 (9.091 %)VB
Abingdon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)QA
Abingdon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft
12 (18.18 %)Segue
21 (9.091 %)Oracle
21 (9.091 %)Sybase