The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. 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 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 74 48 59
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 20 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.435% 3.257% 0.188%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.465% 3.419% 0.206%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 0
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
645 585 486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 93.61% 95.28% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 510 451 358
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
Hampshire

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basingstoke Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Basingstoke Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

1 3 (75.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Avionics
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (25.00%) Avionics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware