The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 22 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Engineer
Rank 66 84 66
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 29 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.663% 0.103% 0.947%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.816% 0.107% 0.990%
Number of salaries quoted 27 1 8
Average salary £27,500 £36,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.65% +1.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £36,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,500 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1030 933 808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.58% 95.99% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 915 788 764
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Test Engineer Salary Trend

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Engineer across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton - 17 £27,500 -
Bedford - 7 £30,000 -
Test Engineer
East of England

Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 18 (43.90%) ISEB
1 18 (43.90%) Software Testing
1 18 (43.90%) ISTQB
2 16 (39.02%) Test Scripting
3 15 (36.59%) Java
4 14 (34.15%) MS Excel
4 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
4 14 (34.15%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (31.71%) QA
5 13 (31.71%) Selenium
6 12 (29.27%) Degree
7 11 (26.83%) System Testing
8 9 (21.95%) C++
9 8 (19.51%) WebDriver
10 7 (17.07%) OO
10 7 (17.07%) Validation
11 6 (14.63%) Electronics
11 6 (14.63%) Automated Testing
12 5 (12.20%) VLAN
12 5 (12.20%) IPv6
12 5 (12.20%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 5 (12.20%) NFS
12 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
12 5 (12.20%) UNIX
12 5 (12.20%) Windows
12 5 (12.20%) Linux
12 5 (12.20%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (9.756%) Automation Testing
13 4 (9.756%) Software Architecture
13 4 (9.756%) XML

Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 4 (9.756%) XML
2 3 (7.317%) .NET
Applications
1 14 (34.15%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) VLAN
1 5 (12.20%) IPv6
1 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.878%) LTE
3 1 (2.439%) Wireless
3 1 (2.439%) 2G
3 1 (2.439%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.439%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.756%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (31.71%) Selenium
2 8 (19.51%) WebDriver
3 4 (9.756%) JIRA
3 4 (9.756%) Visual Studio Team System
3 4 (9.756%) TestComplete
4 3 (7.317%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (7.317%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (7.317%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (4.878%) Visual Studio
6 1 (2.439%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (2.439%) LoadRunner
6 1 (2.439%) Cucumber
General
1 6 (14.63%) Electronics
2 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 5 (12.20%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (9.756%) Wiki
3 2 (4.878%) CAN bus
3 2 (4.878%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.439%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) UNIX
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
1 5 (12.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Software Testing
2 16 (39.02%) Test Scripting
3 14 (34.15%) Agile Software Development
4 11 (26.83%) System Testing
5 7 (17.07%) OO
5 7 (17.07%) Validation
6 6 (14.63%) Automated Testing
7 4 (9.756%) Automation Testing
7 4 (9.756%) Software Architecture
8 3 (7.317%) Software Engineering
8 3 (7.317%) Regression Testing
9 2 (4.878%) Test Automation
9 2 (4.878%) Continuous Integration
10 1 (2.439%) Manual Testing
10 1 (2.439%) Scrum
10 1 (2.439%) UML
10 1 (2.439%) OOD
10 1 (2.439%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 15 (36.59%) Java
2 9 (21.95%) C++
3 3 (7.317%) C
3 3 (7.317%) Python
3 3 (7.317%) Embedded C++
4 2 (4.878%) MATLAB
4 2 (4.878%) Perl
4 2 (4.878%) Ruby
5 1 (2.439%) C#
5 1 (2.439%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) ISEB
1 18 (43.90%) ISTQB
2 12 (29.27%) Degree
3 4 (9.756%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.756%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (31.71%) QA
2 2 (4.878%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) NFS
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.317%) IBM